Table 8. School Attendance and Educational Attainment by District, Central Province: 2000
	Total	Abau	Goilala	Kairuku - Hiri	Rigo
Total	153,806	32,413	23,191	65,334	32,868
Yes currently	32,519	8,096	2,248	15,207	6,968
In the past but not now	70,765	16,520	3,844	34,617	15,784
Never	50,522	7,797	17,099	15,510	10,116
Males	80,217	16,706	11,964	34,527	17,020
Yes currently	17,742	4,413	1,340	8,135	3,854
In the past but not now	38,763	8,880	2,465	18,868	8,550
Never	23,712	3,413	8,159	7,524	4,616
Females	73,589	15,707	11,227	30,807	15,848
Yes currently	14,777	3,683	908	7,072	3,114
In the past but not now	32,002	7,640	1,379	15,749	7,234
Never	26,810	4,384	8,940	7,986	5,500
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total	96,055	22,794	5,186	46,782	21,293
None	2,974	1,182	105	1,177	510
Primary	67,096	17,391	3,958	30,795	14,952
Secondary	25,985	4,221	1,123	14,810	5,831
Males	52,648	12,360	3,286	25,389	11,613
None	1,528	583	56	643	246
Primary	34,864	8,980	2,395	15,873	7,616
Secondary	16,256	2,797	835	8,873	3,751
Females	43,407	10,434	1,900	21,393	9,680
None	1,446	599	49	534	264
Primary	32,232	8,411	1,563	14,922	7,336
Secondary	9,729	1,424	288	5,937	2,080
Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census
Note: Educational Levels seem to be miscoded