Ahmedabad: The third and final training batch for master trainers for Census 2027 commenced at the Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (Spipa) in Ahmedabad on Monday. The four-day programme, scheduled from Nov 2 to 5, aims to prepare 92 master trainers from Gujarat and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (DNH&DD) for the second phase of Census 2027.
He said greater participation in self-enumeration would reduce the workload of field enumerators and significantly improve data accuracy. Director of Census Operations, Gujarat, Sujal J Mayatra, formally inaugurated the four-day training module. Addressing the participants, he highlighted the crucial role of master trainers in ensuring the quality and accuracy of field data. He emphasized that their leadership would directly influence the effectiveness of the census exercise. He also urged master trainers to suggest practical strategies to increase self-enumeration rates.