The government is expanding the pool of people eligible to work as enumerators for the Census 2027 by opening roles to private teachers and members of aided and institutional bodies, alongside existing categories such as government school teachers and state officials. Multiple outlets report that this change increases participation beyond the previously used group of primarily government personnel.
According to the reporting, the enumerator work historically relies on government school teachers as well as revenue and other state government officials. The new approach adds private school teachers and representatives linked to aided schools and non-government institutions, including trusts and society members, as part of the wider recruitment for census enumeration.
While outlets use slightly different wording to describe the extended eligibility—ranging from aided and private teachers to broader inclusion of institutional participants—the underlying development is the same: the government is widening the enumerator base to support census operations.
