The bar chart illustrates the percentages of male and female students getting top grades in 1960 and 2000.
Overall, males recorded have a lot of top individuals compare to females in 1960 and 2000. Males hold the highest subject at science and humanities, while females dominated with languages and also humanities.
In detail, the peak amount of top grade males in 1960 was in science, at about 35% with maths were in the second top, around 30% at that time. In addition, females have languages as the peak rate compares with the others record by the same year, which is reached 45% individuals, and humanities as the second high-level with approximately 32% students.
After years passed, in 2000 humanities in the males top grades hold the highest percentages, with 45% individuals and the second places reached by arts, only around 21% compares to the previous years. Females top-grades remained in the same subjects with a little bit declining, contrast with the few years before. Language reached 30% whereas humanities recorded at rate 25%. However, arts subject at females top-grade has the same level as humanities by the same year.