This paper is from Session 5C: Statistical Education and Training for Public Policies
which comes under Topic 5: Statistics education in the workplace, government and across disciplines
Paper 5C2 (Thursday 12th, 11:00-12:30)
Changing system of Statistics Education for Official Statistics
Presenter
- Kumar Ashish (Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific, India)
Abstract
Statistics has been playing important role in all fields. Governments have to know the status and changes in social, economic and environmental conditions in society. Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development Goals has put additional challenge on Statistical Systems to produce large number of monitoring Indicators. Use of official statistics has been facilitated with faster development in IT. Statistics education has also undergone changes. The training in statistics has become more application based. Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific has been providing training in latest statistical standards, adoption of technology in statistical environment and development of analytical skill. Method of delivery of training is also undergoing change with gradual shift towards e-learning. Formal statistics education also must change to address requirement of national statistical systems.