The charts below show the percentages of male and female students getting top grades in 1960 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts below show the percentages of male and female students getting top grades in 1960 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The charts provide information on how much percentage of grades Male and Female students obtained in different
subjects
in two time periods (1960 and 2000).
Overall
,
Men
were excellent in
Science
and
Maths
subjects
compared to Women in both years
whereas
, females were better in Arts and Language
subjects
than
Men
. In the year 1960,
Men
dominated the
Science
and
Maths
subjects
with approximately around 32% and 30% respectively
while
Women were relatively less than 11% in both
subjects
.
However
, Females turned out to be better in Arts, Languages and Humanities
subjects
which were considerably higher than 30% and the highest of all was around 45% which no Males ever got in their academics.
Furthermore
, since 2000 the statistics have dropped for
Men
in
Science
and
Maths
subjects
while
the Humanities subject was outperformed by males by touching the peak of more than 40% compared to Women.
In addition
, Female performance shrank in almost all the
subjects
in the year 2000 only in
Science
subject it grew by 1% and in
Maths
subject it was at the same percentage.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words subjects, men, science, maths with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • percentages
  • top grades
  • achievement
  • gender disparity
  • educational trends
  • academic performance
  • comparison
  • decade
  • educational policy
  • societal expectations
  • improvement
  • educational attainment
  • graduates
  • academic excellence
  • statistics
  • educational landscape
  • benchmark
  • parity
  • gender roles
  • historical data
  • performance indicators
  • educational improvements
  • longitudinal study
  • scholastic achievement
  • gender gap
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