| Table 10. School attendance and Educational Attainment by Milne Bay Districts, PNG: 1990 | ||||||
| Total | Alotau District | Samarai-Murua | Kiriwina-Goodenough | Esa'ala | District not stated | |
| Total | ||||||
| Total | 134,347 | 17,924 | 23,221 | 12,127 | 41,083 | 39,992 |
| Current student | 19,710 | 2,872 | 4,195 | 2,121 | 5,514 | 5,008 |
| Not enrolled | 114,637 | 15,052 | 19,026 | 10,006 | 35,569 | 34,984 |
| Male | ||||||
| Total | 69,776 | 8,700 | 13,023 | 6,365 | 20,924 | 20,764 |
| Current student | 10,228 | 1,380 | 2,187 | 1,076 | 2,924 | 2,661 |
| Not enrolled | 59,548 | 7,320 | 10,836 | 5,289 | 18,000 | 18,103 |
| Female | ||||||
| Total | 64,571 | 9,224 | 10,198 | 5,762 | 20,159 | 19,228 |
| Current student | 9,482 | 1,492 | 2,008 | 1,045 | 2,590 | 2,347 |
| Not enrolled | 55,089 | 7,732 | 8,190 | 4,717 | 17,569 | 16,881 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||||||
| Total | 134,347 | 17,924 | 23,221 | 12,127 | 41,083 | 39,992 |
| None | 58,724 | 8,345 | 5,924 | 4,008 | 19,744 | 20,703 |
| Primary | 64,132 | 8,378 | 13,379 | 7,023 | 18,869 | 16,483 |
| Secondary | 8,395 | 906 | 2,893 | 819 | 1,775 | 2,002 |
| University | 362 | 27 | 162 | 28 | 40 | 105 |
| Teacher training | 1,656 | 176 | 394 | 183 | 444 | 459 |
| Technical | 483 | 27 | 194 | 45 | 84 | 133 |
| Other training | 213 | 25 | 78 | 17 | 41 | 52 |
| Not reported | 382 | 40 | 197 | 4 | 86 | 55 |
| Male | ||||||
| Total | 69,776 | 8,700 | 13,023 | 6,365 | 20,924 | 20,764 |
| None | 28,615 | 3,808 | 3,163 | 1,990 | 9,552 | 10,102 |
| Primary | 34,496 | 4,317 | 7,587 | 3,748 | 9,967 | 8,877 |
| Secondary | 4,709 | 375 | 1,655 | 448 | 988 | 1,243 |
| University | 290 | 19 | 128 | 20 | 36 | 87 |
| Teacher training | 970 | 124 | 202 | 104 | 255 | 285 |
| Technical | 393 | 22 | 153 | 40 | 68 | 110 |
| Other training | 103 | 13 | 30 | 12 | 20 | 28 |
| Not reported | 200 | 22 | 105 | 3 | 38 | 32 |
| Female | ||||||
| Total | 64,571 | 9,224 | 10,198 | 5,762 | 20,159 | 19,228 |
| None | 30,109 | 4,537 | 2,761 | 2,018 | 10,192 | 10,601 |
| Primary | 29,636 | 4,061 | 5,792 | 3,275 | 8,902 | 7,606 |
| Secondary | 3,686 | 531 | 1,238 | 371 | 787 | 759 |
| University | 72 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| Teacher training | 686 | 52 | 192 | 79 | 189 | 174 |
| Technical | 90 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 16 | 23 |
| Other training | 110 | 12 | 48 | 5 | 21 | 24 |
| Not reported | 182 | 18 | 92 | 1 | 48 | 23 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||||