Source: www.thenewindependentonline.com
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has commenced the last phase of training for Master Trainers for the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) in Winneba.
This in-person training workshop on Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) is scheduled to last for 8 days (i.e. from 9th to 16th December 2020).
This follows a 9-day virtual training programme which was held earlier (23rd November to 3rd December, 2020 excluding weekend).
The CAPI training is necessary because the upcoming 2021 PHC which is scheduled to take place in April and May 2021 is a digital census that involves the use of tablets (Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing, CAPI) for electronic data capture and syncing.
As such, trainers for the 2021 PHC are required to have mastery of the use of tablets in addition to the questionnaire content and enumeration procedures.
In all, 127 prospective Master Trainers are participating in the workshop which will involve assessments to determine the participants who will be selected as Master Trainers for the 2021 PHC.
The Master Trainers are at the apex of a four-tier training strategy for the 2021 PHC which aims to train approximately 75,000 Field Officers to collect data.
Master Trainers will train National Trainers who will in turn train Regional Trainers who will directly train Field Officers.
At the opening ceremony for the training, Mr. Owusu Kagya, the Head of Census Methodology welcomed participants on behalf of the Management of Ghana Statistical Service and the training team.
He entreated participants to take the training seriously since census work is demanding and requires commitment.
Stressing that, the main objective of the census is to collect credible usable data for decision-making and as such effective training is key to ensure its realization.
The Head of the National Census Secretariat, Mr. George Emmanuel Ossei also emphasized on the importance of the exercise and the need for participants to observe all the health and safety protocols that have been put in place.
The conduct of the Census is in accordance with the objectives of Ghana Statistical Service to provide quality, relevant, accurate and timely statistical information for national development as stipulated in Clause 3 of the Statistical Service Act, 2019 (Act 1003) and oversight of capacity building in the statistical ecosystem.
Source: www.thenewindependentonline.com
