Ghana Statistical Service has started a nationwide exercise to screen applicants who have applied for the Pre-Certification Training Programme for Regional Trainers. The screening, which is taking place in all districts of the country, is scheduled to last for a week.
The pre-certification training programme, which will combine virtual with in-person modules, will equip selected applicants with the tools to effectively communicate key concepts to other trainers and to enumerators.
Trainees who successfully complete the programme will be selected as Regional Trainers for the 2021 Population and Housing Census, which is scheduled to take place in May and June next year.
Regional Trainers will be responsible for training the 75,000 Enumerators and Supervisors who will collect data during the census.
The online application process, which did not require the payment of fees, attracted 14,453 applications from all over the country. The competitive screening process will lead to the selection of 8,775 trainees for the pre-certification training programme.
The conduct of the Census is in accordance with the objectives of Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to provide quality, relevant, accurate and timely statistical information for the purpose of national development as stipulated in Clause 3 of the Statistical Service Act, 2019 (Act 1003) and oversight of capacity building in the statistical ecosystem.
In another development a total of 6,639 registered voters are expected to take part in the 2020 special voting in the Eastern Region today, Tuesday December 1, 2020.
The Special Voting list covers security, media personnel and election officials who cannot vote on the Election Day because of their work.
The results of the Special Voting will, however, not be declared until after the general election.
The compilation of the Special Voting list began on October 2, 2020 and was concluded on Thursday, October 15, 2020.
Out of the number, New Juaben South constituency has the highest voters of 837 with Ofoase/Ayirebi recording the lowest of 50 in tomorrow’s special voting across the 33 constituencies.
679 Registered Voters in the Lower West Akyem Constituency of the Eastern Region are expected to participate in the December 1, 2020 Special Voting Exercise
According to the Electoral Commission’s Special Voting Register, 324 Voters will vote in Suhum, 87 in Akwatia, 79 in Asene Manso Akroso, and 301 in Upper West Akyem Constituency.
In Yilo Krobo, Lower Manya and Upper Manya, the three constituencies believed to be the stronghold of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), following their pattern of voting, would see 149, 368 and 155 voters respectively voting.
The rest are 92, 294, 226 and 97 for Okere, Asuogyaman, Atiwa East and Atiwa West. Fanteakwa South, Fanteakwa North, Kade and KwahuAfram Plains North would have 94, 185, 101 and 304 voting, whilst Ayensuano has 113, Kwahu South -135, Nkawkaw-368 and Nsawam Adoagyiri, 368.
New Juaben North has 507, Abuakwa South-212, Achiase-112, Akim Oda-240 and AkimSwedru would see 77 expected voters in the special voting.Meanwhile, the New Juaben South and Ofoase-Ayierbi recorded 837 and 50 respectively with Akuapem South having 164, Akuapem North -245, Abuakwah North -178, Afram Plains South -222 and Birem North-175
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