| Table 10. School attendance and Educational Attainment by New Ireland Districts, PNG: 1990 | ||||
| Total | Kavieng | Namatanai | District not stated | |
| Total | ||||
| Total | 72,994 | 2,780 | 10,250 | 59,964 |
| Current student | 12,422 | 477 | 1,442 | 10,503 |
| Not enrolled | 60,572 | 2,303 | 8,808 | 49,461 |
| Male | ||||
| Total | 39,712 | 1,384 | 5,285 | 33,043 |
| Current student | 6,691 | 250 | 793 | 5,648 |
| Not enrolled | 33,021 | 1,134 | 4,492 | 27,395 |
| Female | ||||
| Total | 33,282 | 1,396 | 4,965 | 26,921 |
| Current student | 5,731 | 227 | 649 | 4,855 |
| Not enrolled | 27,551 | 1,169 | 4,316 | 22,066 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||||
| Total | 72,994 | 2,780 | 10,250 | 59,964 |
| None | 27,366 | 671 | 5,156 | 21,539 |
| Primary | 33,564 | 1,803 | 3,830 | 27,931 |
| Secondary | 9,187 | 236 | 929 | 8,022 |
| University | 304 | 8 | 16 | 280 |
| Teacher training | 1,592 | 48 | 199 | 1,345 |
| Technical | 622 | 7 | 68 | 547 |
| Other training | 182 | 7 | 11 | 164 |
| Not reported | 177 | 0 | 41 | 136 |
| Male | ||||
| Total | 39,712 | 1,384 | 5,285 | 33,043 |
| None | 14,234 | 347 | 2,399 | 11,488 |
| Primary | 18112 | 851 | 2092 | 15169 |
| Secondary | 5506 | 138 | 565 | 4803 |
| University | 236 | 8 | 13 | 215 |
| Teacher training | 948 | 29 | 135 | 784 |
| Technical | 466 | 7 | 47 | 412 |
| Other training | 94 | 4 | 9 | 81 |
| Not reported | 116 | 0 | 25 | 91 |
| Female | ||||
| Total | 33282 | 1396 | 4965 | 26921 |
| None | 13132 | 324 | 2757 | 10051 |
| Primary | 15452 | 952 | 1738 | 12762 |
| Secondary | 3681 | 98 | 364 | 3219 |
| University | 68 | 0 | 3 | 65 |
| Teacher training | 644 | 19 | 64 | 561 |
| Technical | 156 | 0 | 21 | 135 |
| Other training | 88 | 3 | 2 | 83 |
| Not reported | 61 | 0 | 16 | 45 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||