Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 462 Ekalavya Model Schools across the country in Tribal Dominated Areas.
About:
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 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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