GSS commences Training of National Trainers for the 2021 Population and Housing Census

The final phase of the training of National Trainers for the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) will commence on Thursday April 8, 2021. The residential training workshop will last until Friday, April 16, 2021.

The purpose of the training is to equip prospective trainers with the requisite knowledge, skills and competencies to enable them train regional trainers who in turn would train enumerators and supervisors. The training, which will be conducted in eight regions will bring together prospective National Trainers from all regions of the country.

The training workshop is a culmination of long engagements with prospective National Trainers who have participated in a three-month virtual self-learning and a 15-day live virtual training. After a competitive screening process, 1,373 trainees were selected among 1,744 participants for the virtual training workshop.

“In pursuance of our targeted goal, the National Trainers for the 2021 PHC would be selected based on performance on assessments, participation in class discussions, attitude and conduct, attendance, punctuality, and results of field practice,” the organizers have stated.

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Three categories of trainers (Master Trainers, National Trainers and Regional Trainers) have been identified and would be utilized for the training exercise. National Trainers are crucial to the success of the 2021 PHC training strategy which aims for quality standardised training at all levels and in the selected training centres. The National Trainers will train the Regional Trainers who are also responsible for training the approximately 75,000 Field Officers ahead of the data collection for the Census.

The Census Night date for the 2021 PHC has been set for June 27, 2021. The Service has also done a breakdown of the number of prospective applicants in the regions as follows;

83 prospective trainers from the Western Region will be trained in Takoradi

114 prospective trainers from the Central Region will be trained in Winneba

180 prospective trainers from the Greater Accra Region will be trained in Accra

247 prospective trainers from the Eastern, Oti and Volta regions will be trained in Ho

270 prospective trainers from the Ashanti region will be trained in Kumasi

188 prospective trainers from the Ahafo, Bono, Bono East and Western North regions will be trained in Sunyani

151 prospective trainers from the Upper East, Upper West and Savannah regions will be trained in Wa

142 prospective trainers from the Northern and North East regions will be trained in Tamale

The conduct of the Census is in accordance with Clause 3 of the Statistical Service Act, 2019 (Act 1003).