Andrew
Online Reporter
PREPARATIONS are on course for the 2022 national population and housing census, a Cabinet Minister has said.
Addressing Tuesday’s post-Cabinet briefing, Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa said the census mapping and pilot census are now complete.
“The census mapping was completed on January 19, 2022 with a total of 40 257 enumeration areas having been demarcated, while the pilot census, on the other hand, was undertaken from November 18 to 27, 2021,” she said.
Minister Mutsvangwa said recruitment and training of census personnel is underway, with 500 level one trainees having commenced their training last month.
“The training will end on March 2, 2022. The subsequent level two training will comprise 7 000 trainees and will run from March 8 to 18, 2022, while level three training will comprise 41 500 trainees, and will run from April 7 to 17, 2022.
Actual enumeration will run from April 21, 2022 and will conclude on April 30, 2022.
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