The main economic census data will be collected across the country for 15 days from December 10 to 26. 95 thousand data collectors will collect data in this year's census. The organization conducts such a census every 10 years to know about the economic condition of the country. Already, other preparations including publicity have been completed.
This information was given at the opening ceremony of the Economic Census 2024 project training program on Wednesday (November 27) to ensure the successful implementation of the census. The event was held at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) conference room in Agargaon, capital.
It was informed at the event that the three-day training from November 27-29 will be attended by departmental, district census coordinators and monitoring officers of the Bureau of Statistics. Deputy Project Director Mizanur Rahman gave details about the campaign and preparation.
It was also informed in the event that 65 questions will appear in the economic census. This time the information of this census will be collected through capi method through the first tab. Already 1 crore 22 lakh units have been identified through listing. Detailed information will be collected from there and beyond. This census is for the first time, how many foreign workers are employed in the country, they are working in some kind of position in some kind of organization and the number of men and women will be highlighted.
Mahbub Hossain, Secretary of Statistics and Information Management Department, was the chief guest at the opening ceremony under the chairmanship of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Director General Mohammad Mizanur Rahman. Additional Secretary of Statistics and Information Management Department was the special guest. Hamidul Haque. Project Director SM Shakeel Akhtar was present.
Statistics and Information Management Department Secretary Mahbub Hossain said that for the successful implementation of economic census, the coordinated role of all levels of BBS officials, university teachers, representatives of statistics bureau, members of various ministries and organizations and stakeholders is very important. Among these initiatives have been taken to raise awareness about the importance of census and conduct training and outreach activities to assist in data collection. Which will be helpful for successful census implementation.
Project Director SM Shakeel Akhtar said, the direction of this training will make all the officials and employees related to the census more active in fulfilling their duties.
He said that as a final preparation, training of divisional and district census coordinators, training of zonal officers at upazila and thana level and training of enumerators and round-the-clock monitoring have been taken. Apart from this, campaigns and other activities have also been completed to collect information through tabs in a modern manner.
In the President's speech, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman said that through the Economic Census 2024, it will be possible to get accurate and updated information about the economic structure and trends of Bangladesh, which will play an important role in the overall development plan of the country.
He said that BBS officials have made proper preparations at every step. Publicity and training programs are being carried out to further improve the data collection system of this year's economic census.