In preparation for the conduct of the 2023 Population and Housing Census scheduled to begin from 29th March to 2nd April 2023, the National Population Commission has commenced the training of functionaries for the exercise in all states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from Monday, 23rd January 2023.
The training which is being
organized in stages started with the training of Census Specialized Workforce
(CSW) and facilitators who will in turn train enumerators, supervisors, field
coordinators, data quality assistants and data quality managers. The training
includes self-learning study, online training with monitored simulated hands-on
and in-person classroom and hands-on trainings.
The functionaries are to be trained
on census forms, census applications, data capturing processes, interpersonal
communication, and basic troubleshooting of Computer Assisted Personal
Interview (CAPI). Other focus topics during the training include dispute
resolution and basic use of excel.
To ensure that the data collected
are of high quality, the Commission has recruited and trained Data Quality
Managers and Data Quality Assistants on the deployment of maps, data validation
and monitoring of the census dashboard.
The total number of functionaries
to be trained and deployed for the 2023 Census is 786,741 consisting of 623,797
enumerators, 125,944 supervisors, 24,001 Data Quality Assistants, 12,000 Field
Coordinators, 1,000 Data Quality Managers, 1639 Training Centre Administrators
and 59,000 LGA level facilitators.
The Commission calls on all stakeholders to support it to conduct the census successfully.
The general public particularly
applicants for the National Population Commission (NPC) 2023 Census ad-hoc
recruitment should note that the screening of candidates for the exercise is absolutely
free of charge.
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