Lok Sabha Question No. 1215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Eklavya Model Residential Schools in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ritesh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1215

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 11/12/2023

## EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 1215. SHRI RITESH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether large number of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRs) in Uttar Pradesh have become nonfunctional;
- (b) the details of sanctioned projects and the proportion of constructed and functional schools amongst them under the scheme, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any assessment to evaluate the need for more EMRS in Uttar Pradesh and if so, details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government plans to sanction more schools in Uttar Pradesh under the EMRs Scheme; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS SHRI ARJUN MUNDA

- (a) to (e): Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing Central Sector Scheme of Eklavya Model Residential School  (EMRS) for providing  quality  education  to  tribal  students  in  their  own  environment  with  special facilities for preserving local art and culture. For the first time since independence, in 2019, Government of India gave special attention to tribal education and decided to set up an EMRS in each block having more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons (as per census 2011) in remote, forest areas, hilly and difficult areas. Accordingly, Ministry has set the target to set up 740 EMRSs to enroll around 3.5 lakh ST students  across  the  country.  National  Education  Society  for  Tribal  Students  (NESTS),  an  autonomous organization, has been established to manage and implement the scheme of EMRS.

Ministry has sanctioned a total number of four EMRSs in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Construction of school building  has  been  completed  for  all  these  four  schools.  At  present,  two  schools  are  functional  and  the remaining two schools are to be made functional in the next academic year. As per the existing norms, only those blocks having more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons (as per 2011 census figures) are eligible for establishment of EMRS. No more blocks meet the twin criteria for sanctioning of new EMRS in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

A statement showing the details of State-wise sanctioned EMRSs along with their construction and functional status is at Annexure.

Annexure Annexure as  referred  to  in  part  (a)  to  (e)  of  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.1215  for 11.12.2023  raised  by  Shri  Ritesh  Pandey  regarding  "Eklavya  Model  Residential  Schools  in  Uttar Pradesh".

Status of State-wise sanctioned EMRSs:

| S. No.   |                                 | EMRSs Sanctioned   | Functional EMRS   | Building Status of EMRS   | Building Status of EMRS   | Building Status of EMRS   |
|----------|---------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.   | State / UT                      | EMRSs Sanctioned   | Functional EMRS   | Completed                 | In Progress               | Yet to Start              |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                  | 28                 | 28                | 12                        | 15                        | 1                         |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh               | 10                 | 3                 | 6                         | 2                         | 2                         |
| 3        | Assam                           | 14                 | 1                 | 0                         | 10                        | 4                         |
| 4        | Bihar                           | 3                  | 0                 | 1                         | 2                         | 0                         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                    | 74                 | 73                | 25                        | 13                        | 36                        |
| 6        | Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman &Diu | 1                  | 1                 | 0                         | 1                         | 0                         |
| 7        | Gujarat                         | 43                 | 34                | 23                        | 6                         | 14                        |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                | 4                  | 4                 | 1                         | 0                         | 3                         |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir                  | 6                  | 6                 | 2                         | 2                         | 2                         |
| 10       | Jharkhand                       | 89                 | 7                 | 27                        | 42                        | 20                        |
| 11       | Karnataka                       | 12                 | 12                | 12                        | 0                         | 0                         |
| 12       | Kerala                          | 4                  | 4                 | 2                         | 0                         | 2                         |
| 13       | Ladakh                          | 3                  | 0                 | 0                         | 0                         | 3                         |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                  | 70                 | 63                | 32                        | 31                        | 7                         |
| 15       | Maharashtra                     | 37                 | 37                | 13                        | 14                        | 10                        |
| 16       | Manipur                         | 21                 | 3                 | 4                         | 8                         | 9                         |
| 17       | Meghalaya                       | 27                 | 0                 | 1                         | 5                         | 21                        |
| 18       | Mizoram                         | 17                 | 6                 | 6                         | 5                         | 6                         |
| 19       | Nagaland                        | 22                 | 3                 | 3                         | 19                        | 0                         |
| 20       | Odisha                          | 106                | 32                | 31                        | 48                        | 27                        |
| 21       | Rajasthan                       | 31                 | 30                | 25                        | 6                         | 0                         |
| 22       | Sikkim                          | 4                  | 4                 | 4                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                      | 8                  | 8                 | 7                         | 0                         | 1                         |
| 24       | Telangana                       | 23                 | 23                | 16                        | 6                         | 1                         |
| 25       | Tripura                         | 21                 | 6                 | 4                         | 13                        | 4                         |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                   | 4                  | 2                 | 4                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                     | 4                  | 4                 | 2                         | 1                         | 1                         |
| 28       | West Bengal                     | 8                  | 7                 | 7                         | 0                         | 1                         |
|          | Grand Total                     | 694                | 401               | 270                       | 249                       | 175                       |

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