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 compare the shares of men and women learners who achieved the best grades in five subjects in 1960 and 2000.

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, male students shifted from excelling in science to humanities,

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the trend for the

females

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remained the same as they got top marks mostly in arts, languages and humanities. In 1960, over 30% of male scholars earned top honours in science, and below 10% in arts,

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to 10% and 30% of

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, respectively .In 2000, the opposite trend occurred, as the percentages for science increased slightly for women and decreased significantly for men,

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the

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' ratio for arts fell by approximately 5%, and the males rose above 20%.

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, the proportion of women who attained the top grades in math stayed at roughly 5% in both years, which is similar to the rates of men who achieved the highest distinctions in languages, as they accounted for 22%, more or less constantly.

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, the largest fractions are noticed in 1960, where above 40% of

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got the best grades in languages, and in 2000, around 45% of males did the same in humanities studies.