Challenges for Quality Primary Education in Papua New Guinea—A Case Study

Table 2

Enrolment, number of schools, and teachers, 2001.

Type of institution	2001
(a) Elementary
Number of schools	1,416
Enrolment	98,848
Male	52,089
Female	46,759
Number of teachers	3,449
Male	2,094
Female	1,355
(b) Primary
Number of schools	1,639
Enrolment	296,281
Male	164,317
Female	131,964
Number of teachers	7,858
Male	4,725
Female	3,133
(c) Secondary
Number of schools	161
Enrolment	77,451
Male	46,294
Female	31,157
Number of teachers	2,187
Male	1,492
Female	695
(d) Vocational
Number of schools	138
Enrolment	14,333
Male	10,423
Female	3,910
Number of teachers	908
Male	659
Female	249

Note: elementary to secondary numbers shown here represents government owned institutions. Statistics for vocational is both governmental and nongovernmental.
Source: National Department of Education (2003).