The presented pie chart depicts the proportion of courses taken by students in an education center. The chart shows the data for the year 1985 and this year.
Overall, students took six courses in 1985, with a stark difference between the lowest and the highest taken courses. In the current year, students only take five courses with a more equal proportion between them.
Art and modern languages courses experience a declining trends from 1985 to this year. Modern languages course suffers the most steep decline in its takers, from 24% in 1985 to only 14% in this year, while the art course sees a more modest decline, from 17% in 1985 to 15% this year.
On the contrary, cookery is the only course that shows an upward trend, climbing from 14% in 1985 to 19% in this year. Furthermore, several courses that were taken in 1985, such as music appreciation and local history, are completely abandoned this year. Most student in this year are taking the IT course, which was not taken at all in 1985.