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Item	Unit	Latest Period	Latest Data	% Change (Y‑o‑Y) 1/	Previous Period Data	% Change (Y‑o‑Y) 2/
Education, Language Spoken and Literacy 3/
Literacy Rate (among residents aged 15 yrs & over)	%	2021	97.6	na	97.1	na
Males	%	2021	98.9	na	98.5	na
Females	%	2021	96.4	na	95.8	na
% with Post-Secondary Qualifications (among residents aged 25 years & over) 4/	%	2021	61.8	na	58.3	na
Males	%	2021	65.6	na	61.8	na
Females	%	2021	58.4	na	55.1	na
Item	Unit	Latest Period	Latest Data	% Change (Y‑o‑Y) 1/	Previous Period Data	% Change (Y‑o‑Y) 2/
Mean Years of Schooling (among residents aged 25 years & over) 4/	Years	2021	11.6	na	11.3	na
Males	Years	2021	12.0	na	11.7	na
Females	Years	2021	11.3	na	10.9	na
Annual Output - University Graduates 5/	Number	2020	19,818	3.4	19,173	0.9
Annual Output - Polytechnic Graduates 6/	Number	2020	24,822	4.3	23,798	-1.8

na not available or not applicable
1 Refers to % change in latest period over the same period in the previous year.
2 Refers to % change in the previous period over the same period in the previous year.
3 Refers to the resident population.
4 Refers to residents who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses.
5 Refers to graduates from university first degree courses from National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).
6 Refers to graduates from polytechnic diploma courses from Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic, Nanyang Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, and National Institute of Early Childhood Development.