Self Appraisal Report: Training programme held to guide officers

Kolkata: A training programme was organised on online filing of Self Appraisal Report for Group-A officers, from the state Personnel and Administrative Reforms and e-Governance on Thursday.

Sources said that similar training will also be a part of the curriculum of the deputy secretary level officers, who are undergoing training at the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) at Salt Lake. There will be a training programme on the same for the deputy secretary level officers at ATI on Friday.

It has been made mandatory to file the Self Appraisal Report online from the 2017-18 financial year. In a bid to make the task easier for the officials, the training programme was organised, which was also attended by some section officers.

There are nine pages that need to be filled up under the report. The officer's particulars have to be filled up in the first page. The part I A is in page 2, where the officer needs to key in more details including personal data like date of birth, present posting, date or declaration of assets, etc.

Page 3 comprises the part I B that is related to attendance of the officer. Page number four, five and six comprise the Part II of the application, where the officer needs to key in information including a short account of his or her work, target and achievements, if he/she underwent any training and if he or she is having additional charge.

Page seven is for "reporting" by the immediate senior officer, while the next two pages are for "reviewing" and "accepting" respectively.

The officers on Thursday underwent training on how to key in the details easily and knowing the steps that need to be followed for the same.