The Gambia Bureau
of Statistics (GBoS), on Saturday 7 January 2017 completed 10 day training on
E-Repository Micro Data Management.
This training
according to organizers started from the 27th of December 2016 to the 7th of January 2017, and the 16 participants were
drawn from Government departments and agencies such as the Ministry of Trade,
Finance, Agriculture, Basic and Secondary Education, central Bank of the
Gambia, and GBos among many other Institutions.
The training was
facilitated by the UTG school of I.T.C, also the training modules were
developed by them and trainers derived from them as well.
In his closing
statement on behalf of the Statisticians General Sheriff Njie, Training
Coordinator whose doubled as the HR manager GBoS, underscored the importance of
the training, which he said it will broaden the skills and knowledge of participants
on E-Repository Micro Data Management.
“The two weeks course provided for the 16
delegates from the various agencies did not only enhance their working skills
and efficiency but also provide them with an insight framework which shows how
document management systems fit into a corporate information technology
infrastructure” Remarked Mr. Njie.
Also speaking was prof. Momodou Jain Dean
School of ICT who doubled as the Deputy Vice Chancellor UTG, said it is
important for participants to make sure they utilize the knowledge gain in
their respective work places and also share the knowledge learnt.
“E- Repository data filing is a
subset of the document management application and is an essential
tool to allow government entities, as well as other national institutions to
stay in compliance with regulations related to record retention and
destructions best practices” He remarked.
He also underscored the importance of
statistic in the developmental process.
He added that proper development cannot take
place without a proper statistics.
Mbemba Hydara Lecturer UTG and a trainer said
the training will help participants to ensure efficiency, transparency and also
work faster in saving time.
Pa Saffiong Kebbeh UTG Lecturer and a trainer
on his part thanked the GBoS for coming up with this initiative of training
officials from different.
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