Central Board of Secondary Education has extended the deadline for applying affiliation to Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) for tribal students till June 30. Earlier, the last date for submission of application was March 31.
About:
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: EMRS is an excellent approach for imparting quality education to ST children. 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.
Implementing ministry: Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Revamp of scheme: In December 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. Thereby around 462 schools will be set up in addition to the 288 EMRSs already sanctioned.
There will be an Autonomous Society under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs similar to Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti to run the EMRSs.
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