Lok Sabha Question No. 3106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Teaching Staff in Eklavya Model Residential Schools
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: SEETARAM AJMEERA NAIK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3106 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2018

## TEACHING STAFF IN EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS

3106. PROF. A.S.R. NAIK:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry has started Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) for better education to the tribal students and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is true that there are no regular teaching and non-teaching Staff in EMRSs and the existing staff is working in unfavourable service conditions;
- (c) if so, whether the Government is going to appoint regular teachers or enhance wages to the existing staff at par with other teaching and non-teaching staff; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

(a) to (d) In the context of providing quality in middle and high school education to Scheduled Tribes students,  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  approves  establishment  of  Eklavya  Model  Residential  Schools (EMRS) in the States/UTs through release of funds under 'Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of  India'.  The  State  Governments  /  Union  Territory  Administrations  are  solely  responsible  for  the management & effective functioning of EMRSs. List of EMRSs sanctioned for State/UTs is placed at Annexure-I. State  Governments/UT  Administrations  may  opt  for  any  feasible  /  suitable  mode  of management  whether  by  autonomous  education  societies;  public-private  partnership  with  reputed educational institutions; in arrangement with the State Department of Education or any other mode found suitable. The tasks of school admissions, appointment of teachers, appointment of staff, personnel matters and  day-to-day  running  of  the  schools  is  handled  entirely  by  the  society  chosen  by  the  State Government/UT Administration and in the manner deemed most suitable.

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## Annexure-I referred to in part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3106 to be answered on 6.8.2018

| Sl. No   | Name of the State   |   Total EMRS Sanctioned |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      |                      14 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                       7 |
| 3        | Assam               |                       4 |
| 4        | Bihar               |                       2 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        |                      25 |
| 6        | Gujarat             |                      27 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh    |                       1 |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir      |                       8 |
| 9        | Jharkhand           |                      23 |
| 10       | Karnataka           |                      12 |
| 11       | Kerala              |                       4 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh      |                      32 |
| 13       | Maharashtra         |                      18 |
| 14       | Manipur             |                       6 |
| 15       | Meghalaya           |                       2 |
| 16       | Mizoram             |                       6 |
| 17       | Nagaland            |                       5 |
| 18       | Odisha              |                      27 |
| 19       | Rajasthan           |                      18 |
| 20       | Sikkim              |                       4 |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu          |                       7 |
| 22       | Telangana           |                      11 |
| 23       | Tripura             |                       7 |
| 24       | Uttar Pradesh       |                       4 |
| 25       | Uttarakhand         |                       2 |
| 26       | West Bengal         |                       8 |
|          | Grand Total         |                     284 |