The ManicaPost
Post Reporter
PREPARATIONS for the 2022 population and housing census are progressing well in Manicaland with Level Two training currently underway.
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTATS) which is responsible for the population and housing census has already recruited 40 500 enumerators from across the country for the exercise which will run from April 21 to 30.
Level One training for supervisors and master trainers has already been completed with a total of 50 people trained in Manicaland.
The Level One training ran from February 21 to March 3.
Secretary for Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Mr Edgars Seenza told the media on Wednesday that the Level Two training is progressing on well.
Level Two training is for district supervisors, while Level Three training which is yet to commence will rope in enumerators.
“The Level Two training of supervisors started on Monday and will end on March 25, with a total of 1 072 people undergoing the training. The training involves both theory and field practise. Towards the end of the training those being trained will go to selected households to put into practice what they would have been trained.
“We are appealing to people to kindly co-operate. All this is being done in preparation for the national census that will run from April 21 to 30. However, the census night – April 20 – is crucial as everyone who will be in the country on that night will be counted. We are appealing to people to take note of this night as all questions will be centred on it,” said Mr Seenza.
ZIMSTATS director for demography and social statistics, Mr Aluwisio Mukavhi recently told the media that training is key for the census as it ensures that all procedures are followed.
Mr Mukavhi said trained will be done on the Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) techniques since the world is going digital.
“It means we need to train our trainees on how the CAPI system operates so that they are able to cascade the information downwards to other levels.
“We will also train them on how census data collection is supervised. In addition, we will train them on international standards of occupations. When we ask questions on education, we need to know the area of specialisation,” said Mr Mukavhi.
