Bhubaneswar: Training of master trainers for second phase of Census-2027 began in Odisha on Monday with around 40 officers participating.
National-level trainers had received training in New Delhi last month. They will now train 80 state-level master trainers, who will subsequently impart training to 1,700 census supervisors, a Census Directorate official said. Around 1.2 lakh population enumerators will be trained in next stage.
Director of Census Operations, Odisha Nikhil Pavan Kalyan said training of state-level officers started Monday and will continue till November 13 in two batches. Entire training programme will continue till December.
After training, second-phase self-enumeration exercise will begin January 10 and continue till January 24. Door-to-door population enumeration will be conducted from January 25 to February 28, followed by five-day revision exercise.
During enumeration, officials will ask 40 questions relating to social, educational and financial status of people. First phase of Census, covering House Listing Operations (HLO), was conducted across Odisha from April 1 to May 15.
