New Portal 'Statistics for Kids and Teenagers' Launched
The National Statistics Office of Georgia has presented a new portal - "Statistics for Kids and Teenagers".
The Internet portal was developed with the financial and technical support of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and aims to produce and disseminate statistical data in easily understandable forms for children, as well as to provide them with access to statistical data.
According to Mr. Gogita Todradze, Executive Director of Geostat, “The new portal will allow children and teenagers to get useful information about the socio-economic and demographic situation of the country through modern visual means.”
"The portal will significantly help kids and teenagers to deepen their knowledge in statistics, improve their ability to perceive and analyze information correctly, become more aware of children's rights and make evidence-based decisions”, stated Mr. Gogita Todradze.
A representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Georgia addressed the audience during the presentation of the new Internet portal. “The main goal of the new portal is to promote the new Code on the Rights of the Child and increase children’s awareness about their rights,” said Mr. Ghassan Khalil, UNICEF Representative in Georgia.
“UNICEF has been delighted to continue a very strong partnership with the National Statistics Office of Georgia, now on this initiative, and we are grateful to Sida for their tremendous support to make this happen. We hope that the portal will be of great interest to children and they will often use the information for studying, doing homework or working on various thematic projects. The portal will also develop children’s ability to properly perceive information, and will improve their analytical and logical skills”, added Khalil.
The new Geostat portal consists of two main sections:
The first section - "Statistics for Kids" - is intended for children aged 8-12. The topics presented in this section are tailored to the relevant target audience, including fun questions from a variety of categories such as: demographics, education, agriculture, etc. The portal also includes interesting facts about the regions of Georgia.
A variety of visualization tools are used to better understand the information, such as infographics, animations, video graphics and interactive diagrams.
In the same section, users have the opportunity to see interesting statistical facts, fill in thematic quizzes and get a certificate.http://juniors.geostat.ge/en/
The second section - "Statistics for Teenagers" is intended for young people aged 13 to 19, and provides interesting information about our country and population. Through this section, the user is given the opportunity to solve a cognitive quiz and get acquainted with fun statistical facts.
In the framework of the project, with the support of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Geostat also prepared the publication "Children and Youth in Georgia", which includes data for 2015-2019 on the demographic situation, living standards, employment, education, health, law, tourism, information technology and about other important indicators of population under 25.
The publication also presents the results of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey – MICS Georgia 2018, conducted by Geostat in 2018-2019 in close cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).
The new portal is available on the Geostat website at the following link: http://juniors.geostat.ge/en/