Himalayan Times (1960)

August 28, 1960

Himalayan Tines

Seven

but information will bk
sought on religion, and
mother-tongue and, o f
course, on name, lex,
marital status, birth place
mid education

All the replies are
confidential as laid down
by law, which alio make
it* obligatory to answer
questions. No oens us
questionnaire oan be used
for purposes ef taxation,
investigation or regula-
tion.

Questions have been,
however, framed with tre-
mendous labour and care.
The draft questionnaire
was first prepared almost
two years ago by the
Central Census Office after
a series of conferenees
with the Union Ministries,
Planning Commission,
Statistical Organisations
and other expert bodies.
Later, the State statisti-
cal men vetted it and,
finally, the Government
approved it.

The first test in the
field was held early last
year to check if the
questions were right and
the language intelligible.
Another test was made
six months later when the
Census Offices in the
States started functioning.

Diotated by experience,
several questions have
been re-worded to pinpoint
the response. Some ques-
tions have been dropped.
For example, in a Punjab
village, an old farmer

objected to a question:
"Do you have a toroh
light battery ?" In his
area, he said, the torch
wae known as chor bati
and only thieves used it
for their "work" at night.
The question s t a n d s
deleted.

Same questions have
been added, like the kind
of fuel, or power, the
machinery used, or the
size or type of house
people rented or owned.
Thus the questionnaire
hat been made as com-
prehensive as possible.

Eventually, when the
returns of the personal
canvass are in and the
results of the queries are
collated, the nation will
know much more about
itself. Certainly, it will he
in n better position to find
out all that touohes every
man, woman and child
and every household, fac-
tory, farm and other
populated plaoe in the
oountry.

wanted
Wanted an experienced
Science graduate and a
Sanskrit teacher for Yidya-
sagar Jr. Huh School,
P.O. Bijanbari, Dist. Dsr-
jeeling. Preference would
be given to those who
have good knowledge in
Nepali & Hindi. Pay ac-
cording to G. A. rules.
Apply sharp stating pre-
vious experiences to the
Seoretary.

wanted:

Wanted Graduates and
I.Scs to teach Hindi, Ne-
pali and Science in higher
classes. An Inspector for
sepervising Tibetan teach-
ing is also urgently re-
quired. Salaries according
to qualification to be fixed
after interview,

8. R. GHOSH.
Director of Education,
Gangtok.

Saraswati Junior. High
Sohool, Mungpoo P. 0.,
Dt. Darjeeling invites ap-
plications for the following
posts of teachera. The
applications should reach
the undersigned on or
before the 10th Septem-
ber, 1980.

lj One Science or
Arts graduate with tea-
ching experience for al-
least 3 years preferably
with B.T.

Pay: Ms. US/- p.m.
(including School D.A.)
plus Rs. 17/50 nP. Govt.
D.A. and Rs. 10/- house
allowance.

v 2 One teaoher for
teaching Sanskrit and
Hindi upto Matric stand-
ard having suitable qua-
lifications.

Pay: Rs 97/60 nP.
p.m. (including School
D.A.) plus Rs. 17/60 nP.
Govt. D.A. and Rs. 10/-
house allowance.

Seoretary,
8araswat( Junior High

Sohool, Mungpoo.