On August 1st, the National Statistics Office (NSO) commenced the Census of Population.
About 37,000 trained census-takers are being employed to conduct the house-to-house survey nationwide to make a complete count of the population. This will last for about 25 days and will cover 41,944 barangays thorughout the country.
The nationwide survey is the 12th to be undertaken since 1903, and will cover will cover all people living in the Philippines, including overseas Filipino workers and foreigners who intend to stay within one year.
Among the important uses of such census for the government is the accurate and timely formulation of policies, preparation of plans and programs concerning population such as the number of schools to be built, the number of teachers, number of policemen to be deployed, and number of public health workers needed in a province, city or municipality and even barangay.
For LGUs, the outcome of the census is vital as this will be the basis for (a) the allocation of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) for fiscal year 2008; (b) creation of new LGUs; and (c) conversion of some LGUs to a higher level (i.e. from municicpality to city) - pursuant to the 1991 Local Government Code.
So we advise all LGUs to assist the NSO census takers in this undertaking.
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