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District Census Officers and overall test, third day in the field for practica:
incharge of the census operations work followed by revision, and finally
within their jurisdictions. Before the review of the entire training on the
start of the census field operation, a fourth day. In addition to the
meeting was arranged at every district theoretical and practical training , the
headquarter to brief the above enumerators were required to fili-in
mentioned officers on the census two census questionnaires
methodology, schedule of work and to independently during the listing
review the arrangements for operation (filling of Forrn-1) and show
launching the census field operation these to the CMT for checking. The
in the district. enumerators were given the go ahead
signal for enumeration by the CMT
One or more Census Master only after the latter was fully satisfied
Trainers (CMTs) were placed at each with formers' training.
district headquarter according to work
load for the entire duration of field To maintain reasonable quality
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operations to train the enumerators~ in census results, a detailed
supervise the enumeration work, supervisory programme was also
select within mouza sample and to planned to supervise the country-wide
provide technical guidance to the census operations to be completed
enumerators as well as supervisors. within a short span of six to eight
The CMTs were · also required to weeks. For the purpose, Mobile
ensure completeness, quality and Teams of ACO officers remained in
arrange the dispatch of completed the field both during training and
census documents to the census census enumeration periods. Each
office. team was assigned a few contiguous
districts for overall superv1sIon.
The · enumerators and their Special emphasis was given in the
immediate supervisors were supervIsIon programme for the
intensively trained · in batches of districts where · difficulties In the
approximately 30 each in census census operations were particularly
methodology, census forms and the anticipated for the timely and
concepts involved at their respective satisfactory completion. In big cities

sub-divisional headquarter by Census where field staff of the FBS was used
Master Trainers (CMTs) specially for enumeration, the supervision was
trained and deputed for the purpose. done by their incharge officers.
The training centers at district
headquarters were inaugurated by the All the staff borrowed from the
concerned Deputy Commissioners provincial governments was paid a
and at sub-divisions by the respective handsome honorarium for the census
Assistant Commissioners. The four work as per their level and duties
days training for enumerators and performed.
supervisors included first two days for
classroom lectures ending in written

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