The provided pie charts compare the percentages of students enrolled in different adult education courses in 1989 and this year.
Looking from the overall perspective, it is readily apparent that while dance and fitness remained the most popular subject in both years, there were notable changes in the popularity of other courses. Modern languages saw a decline, whereas IT appeared as a new and the most popular course this year.
In 1989, modern languages attracted the largest share of students, accounting for 24% of total enrollments. This figure was slightly higher than that for dance and fitness at 22%. Art and local history courses were also fairly popular, with 17% and 15% respectively, while cookery and music theory had the smallest shares, at 14% and 8%.
By this year, IT emerged as a new subject, chosen by 27% of students, which is almost twice as much as the percentage for local history in 1989. Meanwhile, modern languages saw a sharp drop from 24% to 17%, making it less than three-quarters of its previous proportion. The figures for dance and fitness remained unchanged at 22%, while art declined slightly to 15%. Cookery, on the other hand, became more popular, increasing from 14% to 19%, which is around one-third higher than before.