| Table 10. School attendance and Educational Attainment by West Sepik Districts, PNG: 1990 | ||||||
| Total | Aitape/Lumi | Nuku | Telefomin | Vanimo/Green River | NS | |
| Total | ||||||
| Total | 116,490 | 20,463 | 14,451 | 18,622 | 17,970 | 44,984 |
| Current student | 13,315 | 3,033 | 2,343 | 1,507 | 1,802 | 4,630 |
| Not enrolled | 103,175 | 17,430 | 12,108 | 17,115 | 16,168 | 40,354 |
| Male | ||||||
| Total | 61,888 | 10,495 | 8,103 | 10,280 | 10,256 | 22,754 |
| Current student | 8,080 | 1,719 | 1,384 | 1,041 | 1,148 | 2,788 |
| Not enrolled | 53,808 | 8,776 | 6,719 | 9,239 | 9,108 | 19,966 |
| Female | ||||||
| Total | 54,602 | 9,968 | 6,348 | 8,342 | 7,714 | 22,230 |
| Current student | 5,235 | 1,314 | 959 | 466 | 654 | 1,842 |
| Not enrolled | 49,367 | 8,654 | 5,389 | 7,876 | 7,060 | 20,388 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||||||
| Total | 116,490 | 20,463 | 14,451 | 18,622 | 17,970 | 44,984 |
| None | 73,943 | 9,118 | 6,788 | 14,090 | 14,371 | 29,576 |
| Primary | 34,055 | 9,186 | 5,358 | 3,952 | 2,924 | 12,635 |
| Secondary | 6,488 | 1,850 | 1,839 | 364 | 413 | 2,022 |
| University | 169 | 20 | 88 | 20 | 9 | 32 |
| Teacher training | 940 | 186 | 226 | 142 | 93 | 293 |
| Technical | 191 | 29 | 93 | 21 | 21 | 27 |
| Other training | 97 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 33 |
| Not reported | 607 | 46 | 31 | 31 | 133 | 366 |
| Male | ||||||
| Total | 61,888 | 10,495 | 8,103 | 10,280 | 10,256 | 22,754 |
| None | 35,890 | 4,102 | 3,410 | 7,018 | 7,954 | 13,406 |
| Primary | 20,119 | 4,941 | 3,110 | 2,822 | 1,830 | 7,416 |
| Secondary | 4,543 | 1,261 | 1,241 | 285 | 294 | 1,462 |
| University | 131 | 15 | 76 | 17 | 2 | 21 |
| Teacher training | 692 | 123 | 151 | 108 | 75 | 235 |
| Technical | 155 | 26 | 82 | 14 | 11 | 22 |
| Other training | 39 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| Not reported | 319 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 87 | 176 |
| Female | ||||||
| Total | 54,602 | 9,968 | 6,348 | 8,342 | 7,714 | 22,230 |
| None | 38,053 | 5,016 | 3,378 | 7,072 | 6,417 | 16,170 |
| Primary | 13,936 | 4,245 | 2,248 | 1,130 | 1,094 | 5,219 |
| Secondary | 1,945 | 589 | 598 | 79 | 119 | 560 |
| University | 38 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| Teacher training | 248 | 63 | 75 | 34 | 18 | 58 |
| Technical | 36 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| Other training | 58 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Not reported | 288 | 27 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 190 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||||