The given bar charts compare the changes between male and female students getting top marks in the years 1960 and 2000.
Overall, male performance was getting better in some areas than females by the end of the period. Furthermore, humanities was a domain that both genders tended to follow the most.
For male students, language and humanities were equally preferable in 1960 with about 20%; however, only humanities increased to 45% in the end, along with arts, which elevated to approximately 20%. Science and maths fields were exceptions, decreasing to just below 20%.
When it comes to female students, their involvement in languages and humanities were dominant features despite a decline – languages demonstrated the rate of more or less 45% down 30%, and humanities with 30% down 25%, which is the same trend as arts department. Maths and science registered negligible trends, with maths being around 5%, and science showing a slight upward trajectory, with just above 10%.