BUJUMBURA, November 25th (ABP) – The National Institute of Statistics of Burundi (INSBU) held on Friday, November 22, 2024, the closing ceremonies of the 13th month of Statistics in Burundi (MSB), which took place under the central theme “Exploiting data from the General census of the population, Housing, Agriculture and Livestock to support education by producing statistics adapted to its needs”.
In his speech, Nicolas Ndayishimiye, the director general of INSBU, said that the national statistical system (NSS) has also joined forces with the African statistical community, which celebrated its African Statistics Day, 2024 edition, on November 18, 2024, under the theme “supporting education by modernizing the production of statistics adapted to its needs”. He added that during this 13th month of statistics in Burundi, the NSS carried out several activities of visibility, capacity building, production and improvement of statistical methodologies. He cited, among other things, the presentation of the results from the survey of assessments of the socio-economic impacts of El Niño phenomena in Burundi carried out in July-August 2024, the holding on the calculation of the monitoring indicators of the implementation of the vision of Burundi, the revised PND and the SDG indicators, the updating of the collection of concepts, definitions, nomenclatures and methodologies of the SBN, etc.
Ndayishimiye thanked all his colleagues of the NSS who played their full role for the success of these activities. He paid tribute to all the development partners who continue to support for the good influence and promotion of the statistical system in Burundi.
For her part, Francine Inarukundo, permanent secretary in charge of finance at the Ministry of Finance, indicated that Burundi is therefore proud to join the African community in the celebration of that statistical event of great importance and high level. According to her, the message of the day is rich in lessons for the African statistics community in general, and the national statistical system of Burundi, in particular.
Reiterating her remarks, Inarukundo indicated that the modernization of the data ecosystem is essential for the production of statistics in all areas of national life and specifically in the education sector because it allows knowing, with recovery, the challenges that Burundi faces and the opportunities available to it to achieve its sustainable and balanced development.
Furthermore, she stressed that this modernization involves the use of metadata and advanced data collection methods such as digital surveys, data collection using new technologies and administrative data systems that improve the timeliness, quantity and relevance of statistics.
As for the theme chosen for that 13th month of statistics, Burundi could get a better idea of the school enrollment rates, learning outcomes, teacher distribution and resource allocated to the education system, the permanent secretary at the ministry of Finance insisted.
She did not fail to point out that the government of Burundi is already committed to supporting its statistical apparatus so that it is able to produce reliable and quality statistical data in various fields.
On that occasion, various presentations that fit with the theme of the day were made. These included presentations on educational policies based on data from the General Census of Agriculture, Livestock and Population, monitoring of specialized education, population growth and planning for school needs in Burundi, to name but a few.