The depicted bar charts compared the percentages of male and female students who achieved top grades in five subjects namely: Science, Arts, Maths, Languages, and Humanities, in 1960 and 2000.
Overall, male students showed strong improvement in Arts and Humanities, while females performed better in Languages in both years, though their results declined slightly by 2000.
In 1960, around 30% of males achieved top grades in Science, but this fell to about 18% by 2000. Their scores in Humanities, however, almost doubled from roughly 22% to nearly 45%. Performance in Languages and Maths stayed quite similar, at around 20% and 30% respectively.
For females, the highest achievement in 1960 was in Languages, with almost 45% gaining top marks, though this figure dropped to about 30% in 2000. Their results in Arts and Humanities also decreased slightly, while Science and Maths remained low in both years, below 10%.