Lok Sabha Question No. 355 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Ekalavya Model Residential Schools
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.355

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019

## EKALAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS

## 355. SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

Will the Minister of TRIBALAFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)    the  details  of  the  Ekalavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) run by the Ministry to cater the needs of the deprived tribal population in the country;
- (b)  the details of the norms for establishment of the EMR schools only in few areas of the country; and
- (c)  whether the Government considers establishing one EMR school in every district so that every deprived tribal child of the country is covered and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

- a) The Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) were introduced in the year 1997-98 to impart quality education to ST children. The schools provide quality upper primary, secondary and senior secondary level education to tribal students in tribal dominated areas,  along  with  extra-curricular  activities,  to  enable  them  to  access  the  best opportunities in education and to bring them at par with the general population. Till date the Ministry has sanctioned 433 schools spread across 26 States of the Country. State wise number of schools sanctioned is at Annexure.
- b) & c) As per extant approval of the Government, every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons, will have an Eklavya Model Residential School by the year 2022. Across the country, as per census 2011 figures, there are 564 sub-districts i.e. blocks/taluka/tehsil having more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons. A separate scheme for EMRS was approved by the Government in December, 2018. At the inception of this Scheme, EMRS had been sanctioned in 102  out  of  the  sub-districts  mentioned  above.  It  has  been  decided  to  establish  new EMRSs in the remaining sub-districtsby the year 2022 as mentioned above.

## Annexurereferred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  355for answer on 24.06.2019

## State Wise details of EMRS Sanctioned

| Sl. No   | Name of the State   |   EMRSs Sanctioned (as of 18.06.19) |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      |                                  19 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                   8 |
| 3        | Assam               |                                   5 |
| 4        | Bihar               |                                   2 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        |                                  41 |
| 6        | Gujarat             |                                  34 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh    |                                   4 |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir      |                                   8 |
| 9        | Jharkhand           |                                  46 |
| 10       | Karnataka           |                                  12 |
| 11       | Kerala              |                                   4 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh      |                                  45 |
| 13       | Maharashtra         |                                  24 |
| 14       | Manipur             |                                  10 |
| 15       | Meghalaya           |                                  15 |
| 16       | Mizoram             |                                  11 |
| 17       | Nagaland            |                                  12 |
| 18       | Odisha              |                                  57 |
| 19       | Rajasthan           |                                  21 |
| 20       | Sikkim              |                                   4 |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu          |                                   8 |
| 22       | Telangana           |                                  16 |
| 23       | Tripura             |                                  12 |
| 24       | Uttar Pradesh       |                                   4 |
| 25       | Uttarakhand         |                                   3 |
| 26       | West Bengal         |                                   8 |
|          | Grand Total         |                                 433 |