| Table 8. School Attendance and Educational Attainment by District, West New Britain: 2000 | |||
| Total | Kandrian/Gloucester | Talasea | |
| Total | 151,821 | 44,861 | 106,960 |
| Yes currently | 29,406 | 7,294 | 22,112 |
| In the past but not now | 73,237 | 19,347 | 53,890 |
| Never | 49,178 | 18,220 | 30,958 |
| Males | 81,835 | 23,200 | 58,635 |
| Yes currently | 16,129 | 4,022 | 12,107 |
| In the past but not now | 41,245 | 10,499 | 30,746 |
| Never | 24,461 | 8,679 | 15,782 |
| Females | 69,986 | 21,661 | 48,325 |
| Yes currently | 13,277 | 3,272 | 10,005 |
| In the past but not now | 31,992 | 8,848 | 23,144 |
| Never | 24,717 | 9,541 | 15,176 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | |||
| Total | 100,384 | 25,871 | 74,513 |
| None | 2,494 | 696 | 1,798 |
| Primary | 71,966 | 20,519 | 51,447 |
| Secondary | 25,924 | 4,656 | 21,268 |
| Males | 56,208 | 14,098 | 42,110 |
| None | 1,296 | 354 | 942 |
| Primary | 38,550 | 10,645 | 27,905 |
| Secondary | 16,362 | 3,099 | 13,263 |
| Females | 44,176 | 11,773 | 32,403 |
| None | 1,198 | 342 | 856 |
| Primary | 33,416 | 9,874 | 23,542 |
| Secondary | 9,562 | 1,557 | 8,005 |
| Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census | |||
| Note: Educational Attainment probably miscoded | |||