The pie chart illustrates the distribution of students enrolled in various courses at an adult education institution in 1985 and the current year.
Overall, traditional subjects such as local history and music appreciation have been replaced by IT. Meanwhile, the percentage of students in fitness and dance courses has remained unchanged over the period.
In 1985, modern languages were the most popular courses, dominating 24% of enrollments. Additionally, the proportion of students who participated in fitness and dance courses was the second highest at 22%. This was followed by art at 17%, local history at 15%, and cookery at 14%. Music appreciation had the lowest percentage with only 8%.
In contrast, the current year’s data shows the replacement of music appreciation and local history with IT courses, which now account for 27%. Furthermore, fitness and dance courses have remained stable at 22%. Cookery has increased to 19%, while modern languages have decreased to 17%. Finally, the percentage of art course students has fallen by 2% to 15% this year.