Institutions of higher learning which consist of universities and colleges will temporarily close for the national census from 18 to 30 April.
This was announced by the Acting Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Jenfan Muswere, during a post-cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday.
“To avoid collective or institutional households, Cabinet advises the nation that all institutions of higher learning will be closed from 18 to 30 April 2022.
“Closure of the institutions will pave the way for the enumeration of students in their usual households,” he said.
Minister Muswere also urged church members to be at home during the census period to avoid inconveniences.
“Church members are similarly encouraged to be at their places of residence between 18 and 30 April to allow the smooth conduct of the census,” he added.
Muswere said preparations for the 2022 Population and Housing Census are on track, with Levels 1 and 2 training having been completed in March 2022.
He revealed that the bulk of the personnel will be drawn from the teaching fraternity, youth and other civil servants from the security sector.
Census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people’s ages and jobs.
Zimbabwe conducts a population census every 10 years and the 2022 survey will be the fifth since the country’s independence from Britain in 1980.
