About Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS):
- Implementing ministry:Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
- Background: The scheme of EMRSs was introduced in the year 1997-98 to ensure tribal students get access to quality education in the remote tribal areas.
- Features:
- The schools would focus to provide quality upper primary, secondary and senior secondary level education to ST Students in these areas.
- Apart from school building including hostels and staff quarters, provision for a playground, students’ computer lab, teacher resource room etc. are also included in the EMRSs.
- Revamp of scheme:In 2018, Union Cabinet revamped the scheme with following features.
- EMRSs will be setup in every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons.
- There will be an Autonomous Society under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs similar to Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti to run the EMRSs.
Source : The Hindu
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