Sharjah begins head count from next week

Sharjah - Trial phase of Sharjah Census 2015 to cover three areas

The Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) has announced it will begin a trial phase of the Sharjah Census 2015 from August 31 to September 3.
The trial phase, which will cover four areas in Sharjah, is designed to test the efficiency of the head counting process.
The pilot phase includes selected areas in Al Majaz, Al Rahmania, Industrial area and Al Roula, where the staff will visit people to gather preliminary information such as number of families and number of members in each family, their names and telephone numbers.

The families involved in the pilot phase will not be covered again during the official census, scheduled to begin on October 20.
The trial phase will run for four days and be preceded by a three-day training course from August 26 to 30. The pilot census will include buildings, homes and commercial properties, and will then be followed by a session on September 6 to discuss the findings. An official report will be prepared, including the results of the trial and recommendations, from September 7 to 10.
Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Thani, chairman of the Higher Committee for Sharjah Census 2015 and chairman of DSCD, said: "We are excited to begin the first step in implementing the Sharjah Census 2015. It is very important that all citizens engage with the Census 2015, which has been decreed by His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, with an aim to develop the emirate and prepare for large scale development. It is a national duty to ensure the success of the census, which will help the development of the emirate's economic, social and cultural sectors."
Al Thani urged citizens and residents in Sharjah to cooperate with the census researchers and give them the information they needed.
"We seek, through the trial phase, to ensure the efficiency of the design of census forms, in terms of practical and technical aspects. This process will help us measure the daily rates of completion that can be achieved in both data collecting and counting, as well as to test the quality of the maps used, besides assessing the validity of the data flow from the field to the central database. It will also help examine the plan and procedures for self-counting and assessing family response to the method of self-counting," Al Thani added.
DSCD is the only authorised statistical body in the emirate mandated to undertake community development related policies and plans. It is a corporate body with full legal capacity to carry out and direct all works and necessary actions to achieve its objectives.
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