Table 8. School Attendance and Educational Attainment by District, New Ireland: 2000
	Total	Kavieng	Namatanai
Total	98,017	44,540	53,477
Yes currently	19,680	8,786	10,894
In the past but not now	51,430	23,344	28,086
Never	26,907	12,410	14,497
Males	52,222	23,604	28,618
Yes currently	10,235	4,584	5,651
In the past but not now	28,233	12,851	15,382
Never	13,754	6,169	7,585
Females	45,795	20,936	24,859
Yes currently	9,445	4,202	5,243
In the past but not now	23,197	10,493	12,704
Never	13,153	6,241	6,912
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total	69,918	32,111	37,807
None	1,836	1,107	729
Primary	46,442	19,935	26,507
Secondary	21,640	11,069	10,571
Males	37,778	17,395	20,383
None	968	601	367
Primary	24,400	10,583	13,817
Secondary	12,410	6,211	6,199
Females	32,140	14,716	17,424
None	868	506	362
Primary	22,042	9,352	12,690
Secondary	9,230	4,858	4,372
Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census
Note: Educational Attainment probably miscoded