Maldives Bureau of Statistics (MBS) has received over 1,500 tablets for Census 2022.
MBS stated that it has received 1,560 tablets that were donated from various institutions. As such, it received 300 tablets from the World Bank, 110 tablets from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 50 tablets from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and 100 tablets from United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Additionally, 812 tablets were procured through the state budget, and 250 tablets were donated by the Ministry of Education.
Furthermore, MBS has commenced a training programme for Census 2022. MBS will be conducting the training programme until September 8 with the first sessions being dedicated to the training of 100 trainers after splitting them into two batches. The first batch has completed their training while the second batch will be trained from July 31 to August 4 in Male’ City.
The training of 4,400 enumerators will begin on July 31. The training for atoll enumerators will conclude on August 25, while the training for the enumerators in the Greater Male’ Region will begin on August 14 and conclude on September 8.
MBS is seeking 4,400 enumerators for the census, including 2,409 enumerators for the Greater Male’ Region and 1,991 enumerators for the atolls. MBS stated enumerators will receive a daily allowance for every day they work or undergo training. As such, enumerators will receive a daily allowance of USD32 for every work day and USD6.5 for every training day.
The population census is set to begin in September. The full report of the census will be published on National Statistics Day, which falls on October 20.
The population census is a count of all individuals and household units across the country. During the census, data will be collected on the income and living conditions of the public. The last census in the Maldives was conducted in 2014.