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The charts below shows the percentage of secondary school students at a school in the UK taking different subjects in1995 and this year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The charts below shows the percentage of secondary school students at a school in the UK taking different subjects in1995 and this year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
The two pie charts compare the proportion of secondary school
students
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 at a UK school who took various subjects in 1995 and in the present year.
Overall
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,
while
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History
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 remained a consistently popular
subject
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, there were significant changes in other
subject
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 preferences. Most notably, IT emerged as the most chosen
subject
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 in the current year, replacing previously popular options
such
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 as Geography and
Drama
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.
Additionally
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, some subjects, like Religious Studies (RS) and
Drama
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, disappeared entirely from the current curriculum. In 1995,
History
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 was the most popular
subject
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, chosen by 26% of
students
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.
This
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 was followed closely by Geography (21%) and Business (18%). Art accounted for 15% of the total,
while
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Drama
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 and Religious Studies were selected by 12% and 9% of
students
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respectively
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.
In contrast
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, in the present day, IT has become the dominant
subject
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 with 27% of
students
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 choosing it
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 a
subject
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 not present in 1995.
History
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 remains highly popular, still accounting for 25%,
while
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 Business maintained the same percentage (16%). Geography saw a slight rise to 23%,
whereas
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 Art experienced a sharp decline to just 8%. Notably,
Drama
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 and RS are no longer featured in the current data. In summary, student preferences have shifted markedly over time, with a rise in technology-focused subjects like IT and a decline or removal of arts and religious studies. Yet,
History
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 has continued to attract a large portion of
students
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 across both periods

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
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Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words students, history, subject, drama with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "present" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
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