STATISTICS: MAIN INGREDIENT IN FUTURE PLANNING

Director General of the Census and Statistics Department Dr. A.j.satarasinghe said that the successful implementation of any programme for sustainable development targeting unemployment, land and housing problems, educational facilities, poverty and hunger should be based on statistics.

Addressing a workshop to create awareness on the use of statistics to take right decisions among senior officials of the Gampaha District Secretariat and divisional secretaries in the district he said that the Department of Statistics

Judging from the statistics pertaining to population increases, planners can assess the requirements of food, housing, employment, educational facilities for several years to come

was prepared to provide precise statistics to planners.

“Any well-planned development programmes for the future should be based on statistics. Judging from the statistics pertaining to population increases, planners can assess the requirements of food, housing, employment, educational facilities for several years to come. Development programmes would fail if not based on correct data in statistics. With this in view the Department of Census and Statistics has adopted new technology to make available precise statistics to planners,” Director General Satarasinghe said.

Gampaha Government Agent Sunil Jayalath, Senior Statisticians P.dharmawardene , J.M.S.U. B.jayamaha and several senior officials spoke at the workshop.