About 5,569 enumerators and supervisors have been deployed for the 2021 population and Housing census in the Eastern Region, according to the Regional Director of Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) Bright Worlanyo Neku
He said the exercise has commenced smoothly across the country.
2021 population and housing census commenced across the country from last night the exercise will run till July 11, 2021.
This year’s census is the first digital Population and Housing Census in Ghana.
A real-time data collection and real-time data quality monitoring mechanisms to scrutinize the data daily have been synchronized for error identification for correction.
According to the Ghana Statistical Service, monitoring is an additional layer of supervision added to enhance the accuracy of the data collected.
The technology will also offer Management an opportunity to monitor the movement of enumerators and supervisors, timing, and origin of interacting with servers.
The 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) is estimated to cost the country GHS 521 million.
Out of this amount, the government has raised and disbursed GHS 467 million for the start of the exercise.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com
