Lok Sabha Question No. 3631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Eklavya Model Residential Schools
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3631

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020

## EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS

## 3631. SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has come up with Eklavya Model Residential schools in India;
- (b) if so, the objectives thereof;
- (c) the details of such schools opened in the country so far, State-wise;
- (d) the details of students with boys and girls enrolled in these EMRS, State-wise; and
- (e) the details of new schools sanctioned/under consideration of the Government as on date for establishment?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a) to (e)The scheme of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) was introduced in the year 1997-98 with an objective to provide quality middle and high-level education to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in remote areas in order to enable them to avail of reservation in high and professional educational courses and get jobs in government and public and private sectors. As per budget announcement 2018-19, every block having 50% or more ST population and at least 20,000 ST persons is to have an EMRS by the year 2022.A total number of 438 EMRSs have so far been sanctioned by the Ministry, out of which 285 are functional. As per existing guidelines, the total number of EMRSs being set up upto the year 2022 is 740. A statement indicating  state-wise  number  of  schools  sanctioned/  functional  with  gender-wise  enrolment along with new schools to be sanctioned by 2022 is annexed.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3631 for answer on 16.03.2020

| Sl. No   | Name of the State   | No of Schools Sanctioned   | No of Functional Schools   | Enrollment during 2019-20   | Enrollment during 2019-20   | New schools to be sanctioned by 2022   |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Sl. No   | Name of the State   | No of Schools Sanctioned   | No of Functional Schools   | Male                        | Female                      | New schools to be sanctioned by 2022   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 19                         | 19                         | 1213                        | 2211                        | 9                                      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 8                          | 2                          | 101                         | 107                         | 4                                      |
| 3        | Assam               | 5                          | 1                          | 240                         | 240                         | 12                                     |
| 4        | Bihar               | 2                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           | 1                                      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        | 42                         | 42                         | 4702                        | 3259                        | 33                                     |
| 6        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           | 1                                      |
| 7        | Gujarat             | 35                         | 35                         | 4938                        | 5218                        | 13                                     |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh    | 4                          | 4                          | 156                         | 156                         | 0                                      |
| 9        | Jammu& Kashmir      | 6                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                                      |
| 10       | Jharkhand           | 46                         | 13                         | 1907                        | 1651                        | 46                                     |
| 11       | Karnataka           | 12                         | 10                         | 1606                        | 1447                        | 0                                      |
| 12       | Kerala              | 4                          | 2                          | 258                         | 277                         | 0                                      |
| 13       | Ladakh              | 2                          | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           | 1                                      |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh      | 45                         | 45                         | 5441                        | 7505                        | 27                                     |
| 15       | Maharashtra         | 25                         | 24                         | 2579                        | 2488                        | 14                                     |
| 16       | Manipur             | 10                         | 3                          | 694                         | 746                         | 12                                     |
| 17       | Meghalaya           | 15                         | 0                          | 0                           | 0                           | 25                                     |
| 18       | Mizoram             | 11                         | 2                          | 201                         | 195                         | 6                                      |
| 19       | Nagaland            | 12                         | 3                          | 312                         | 307                         | 10                                     |
| 20       | Odisha              | 57                         | 19                         | 2907                        | 2914                        | 62                                     |
| 21       | Rajasthan           | 22                         | 18                         | 3224                        | 1723                        | 9                                      |
| 22       | Sikkim              | 4                          | 4                          | 482                         | 497                         | 0                                      |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu          | 8                          | 8                          | 1219                        | 967                         | 0                                      |
| 24       | Telangana           | 16                         | 16                         | 1920                        | 2040                        | 7                                      |
| 25       | Tripura             | 13                         | 5                          | 866                         | 874                         | 8                                      |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh       | 4                          | 2                          | 228                         | 245                         | 0                                      |
| 27       | Uttarakhand         | 3                          | 1                          | 200                         | 193                         | 1                                      |
| 28       | West Bengal         | 8                          | 7                          | 1430                        | 1307                        | 1                                      |
|          | Grand Total         | 438                        | 285                        | 36824                       | 36567                       | 302                                    |