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 bar charts illustrate the data on the proportion of students, who were male and female in 5 subjects,

Science

, Arts,

Maths

,

Languages

, and

Humanities

, achieving top grades in 1960 and 2000.

Overall

, what stands out from the graphs is that there was an improvement for boys in Arts and

Humanities

,

while

girls achieved a top grade in

Science

over the years.

Furthermore

, the grades in

Languages

and

Maths

were stable for males and females, respectively. Looking at the details, for males, the percentage of high achievers in

Science

decreased from approximately 40% in 1960 to around 30% in 2000.

In contrast

, their performance in

Humanities

showed a significant rise from 20% to almost 50%. Males

also

experienced an increase in

Maths

, from roughly 20% in 1960 to about 30% in 2000, and Arts doubled in 2000 than in 1960 though the proportion of top grades in

Languages

remained stable at around 21%. Regarding females,

Humanities

saw a sharp decline, with nearly 30% earning top marks in 1960 compared to around 26% in 2000.

Similarly

, there was a drop in

languages

, from around 45% to 30% in 2000 and experienced a notable fall, declining from 30% to about 25%. In

Science

, female students' high achievement increased slightly by around 1%,

while

their results in

Maths

remained almost unchanged across the two-year.