GSS Face-to-Face Workshop for National Trainers begins Today

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has begun the Ashanti Regional Training for 270 National Trainers of the impending 2021 Digital Population and Housing Census (PHC)

GSS Face-to-Face Workshop for National Trainers  begins Today
GHS National Trainers

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has begun the Ashanti Regional Training for 270 National Trainers of the impending 2021 Digital Population and Housing Census (PHC).

The workshop dubbed Face-to-Face Training which begins today, April 9, 2021, is expected to last for 8 days (April 9 to 16) and it is the last phase of the workshop for the National Trainers.

The first and second phases of the exercise had been done virtually on Zoom for 3 weeks.

Speaking at the official opening of the face-to-face training at Miklin Hotel, Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional Statistician, Dr. Kobina Abaka Ansah said despite the training on virtual, the GSS noticed that there was the need to bring the trainers on board to teach them the proper way of using the tablets to collect accurate data for the impending census.

Tablets

He further stated that the GSS has provided tablets for all trainers in the face-to-face workshop to assist them.

"We have tablets for all of them, we are going to teach them how to navigate their ways using the tablets so that when someone has a challenge it should be in the best position to help the person."

Network Challenges

The regional Statistician revealed that the GSS has identified some suitable networks for particular areas in their survey therefore they are going to put in sim cards that work at the various locations of the PHC exercise. In addition, the trainers will carry a table net together with IT Officers so that in case of any network challenge the device will assist them.

Recruitment

Mr. Kofi Agyemang Duah (Rep of Government Statistician) at the ceremony said, 1,338 National Trainers having been trained so far nationwide in the first and second phase of the 2021 PHC, adding that the trainers will be assessed to pick out the outstanding ones to get on the census.

He said the 2021digital PHC is 80 days away from yesterday and the National Trainers are expected to train Regional Trainers shortly after their workshop therefore should study hard to be capable to absorb all the pros and cons of the exercise in order to be able to teach the regional trainers effectively.

By: Joseph Marfo