The Hindu 07.04.2010
Census operation to begin in Krishnagiri on June 1
Staff Reporter
| Training for master trainers organised as part of the preparation |
Photo: N. Bashkaran 
Kickstarting the campaign:Collector V.K. Shanmugam addressing the training programme on Census
KRISHNAGIRI: Preliminary training sessions for 60 master trainers was organised here on Tuesday as part of the preparations for census 2011.
Inaugurating the training programme, Collector V.K. Shanmugam said this was one of the biggest tasks undertaken once in ten years in the country.
This was an important document for planning and development for the governments , hence, cent percent accuracy was the need of the hour during the door-to-door survey. Even a small mistake would ruin the entire system for the next ten years. Keeping this in mind, enumerators should gather credible information from the occupants of the houses as laid down in the training material.
Enumerators should be sensitised to go through the training materials, Mr. Shanmugam added.
District Census Officer D. Meenakshi Sundaram said the two-day training programme for master trainers to 60 Block Resource Teacher Educators began here on Tuesday. On the first day of the programme, the master trainers would give house list on the first day and preparation of the National Population Register on the second day. The master trainers would be crucial in preparing over 3,459 personnel identified for carrying out the task of census operations.
In order to equip and train those personnel involved in census 2011, training sessions would start in the second week of April in various parts of the district.
The sessions also focus on creating awareness among the officials about their duties and responsibilities in the census. Every person occupying any house, enclosure or any other place may allow the personnel, on production of proof of identity, access to it for the purpose of the census.
Residents and the data on amenities available in the household and educational qualification of the residents would be generated during the operations. The collection of data for the National Population Register would start at the grassroots level on June 1 and end on July 15 in the district.