1. Census workers to receive training on religion, caste and other sensitive questions

Census workers to receive training on religion, caste and other sensitive questions

India

  • The Centre has created a training framework for 34 lakh Census enumerators to handle sensitive questions during population enumeration.
  • Enumerators will be trained to ask about religion, caste, language, disability, migration, fertility and economic activity.
  • The training will focus on appropriate questioning and correctly recording responses, especially for sensitive and complex categories.
  • The second phase will ask 40 questions per household, with enumeration scheduled across most of India from December 1 to March 1.

Source: hindustantimes.com

Get 100 stories a day on the app Read, watch & listen · Free on iOS & Android

Newer

Older