The chart give information about the proportion of boys and girls of a shcool who achieved high grades( A or B+) in respective courses.

The charts show the changes in the performance of

boys

and

girls

in different subjects in 1996 and 2000. Over 42% of

boys

achieved a high grade in Humanities in 2000, up from 21%. The

proportion

of

girls

who achieved

this

standard in

this

subject was lower at 25% in 2000,

although

it was 32% in 1996.

Boys

also

improved their performance in the Arts significantly with the figure rising from 9% to 21%,

while

the

proportion

of high-achieving

girls

dipped to 25%.

Girls

performed better than

boys

in Languages,

although

the percentage of top achievers declined

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from 45

% to 30%. There were

also

improvements in Science and Maths, in which the

proportion

of

girls

who achieved a good grade rose to 11% and 15% respectively.

In contrast

, the figures for

boys

in these two courses dropped.

Overall

,

boys

outperformed

girls

in Science and Maths, but the gap narrowed.

While

a larger

proportion

of

boys

reached higher standards in the Arts, Humanities

as well as

Languages, the figures for

girls

saw a decline.