Census 2027: Primary, high school teachers form sizeable section of Census enumerators in Kerala

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Primary and precocious schoolhouse teachers marque up a sizeable conception of the enumerators who volition transportation retired house-to-house visits for the Houselisting and Housing Census, the signifier I of Census 2027, successful July this twelvemonth successful Kerala

The supervisors person been drawn from higher secondary and precocious schoolhouse teachers. Lower part and precocious part clerks besides person been included arsenic enumerators and supervisors, Census officials said.

The deployment of ample numbers of teachers for the Census cognition had sparked a interest that schools would look a shortage of teaching unit successful July.

Responding to the issue, K. Biju, Secretary, General Administration Department, and Nodal Officer for the Census 2027 successful Kerala, said connected Monday that the State authorities volition look into the issue. Measures specified arsenic ‘duty off’ tin beryllium considered, but the authorities has not finalised immoderate determination yet, helium told a property league held successful transportation with the commencement of the self-enumeration signifier of the Phase 1 - Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) - from Tuesday (June 19).

Teachers marque up a sizeable conception of the astir 61,282 enumerators and 10,189 supervisors who volition beryllium deployed for the house-to-house visits planned nether the Phase from July 1 to July 30 this year.

During the 2011 Census too, respective schools had faced a shortage of teachers.

Census officials estimation that enumerators would person to screen betwixt 150 to 200 houses successful Phase 1.

The grooming sessions for enumerators and supervisors are expected to beryllium completed by June 23 up of the HLO.

Enumerators are drawn mostly from the teaching assemblage fixed the elaborate quality of the queries.

Census officials expect that the 15-day self-enumeration signifier starting Tuesday, wherever the nationalist tin entree the Census portal https://se.census.gov.in and upload the replies connected their own, would simplify the enumerators’ enactment to a ample extent.

Nevertheless, enumerators would inactive person to sojourn the houses to verify the information earlier uploading the last data.

Published - June 15, 2026 02:24 p.m. IST

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