Lok Sabha Question No. 45 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Eklavya Model Residential Schools
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kripanath Mallah, Jaskaur Meena, Malook Nagar, Tokheho Yepthomi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 45

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 04/12/2023

## EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS

## 45.     SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA:

SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

SHRI TOKHEHO YEPTHOMI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the features of the Eklavya Model Residential Schools proposed to be set across the country;
- (b) the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized so far across the country including Assam, Rajasthan and Nagaland;
- (c) the details of the target set and achievements made so far along with its response;
- (d) whether the number of tribal students getting enrolled in EMRS throughout the country has been increased;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to open some more EMRS within the country including Assam, Rajasthan and Nagaland, if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether there is any scheme to establish EMRS in every block across the country, if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (g) whether the Government proposes to recruit teachers and supporting staff as well in these schools, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Ministry of Tribal Affairs is setting up Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) across the country under the Central Sector Scheme of EMRS. The salient features of EMRS are as under:

- i. Free quality education to tribal students ensuring their holistic and all-around development.
- ii. Fully residential school for classes from 6th to 12th Standards with a strength of 480 students. Class 06th-10th: 2 sections with 30 students per section = 300 students and Class 11th-12th: 3 streams with 30 students per stream =180 students.
- iii. State-of-the-art infrastructure facilities (School, Labs, Hostel, Sports Facility, Staff Residences etc.)
- iv. Study materials and uniforms (including customized climatic clothing for hilly areas).
- v. Facilities for preparatory classes for competitive entrance examinations, remedial classes for weak students.
- vi. Special Nutritional requirements and provisions for menstrual hygiene (sanitary pads, incinerator, etc.) of girl students.
- vii. Scouts, Guides, NCC, School bands, and related activities.
- viii. Extra-curricular activities like dance, music, painting, trekking, excursions/exposure visits, study tours.
- ix. EMRS Cultural Fest and EMRS Sports Meet- National Level Annual Programmes.
- x. Centre of Excellence for Sports with state-of-the-art facilities for one identified individual sport and one group sport in each State/UT is in the pipeline.

(b): National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), the autonomous body under the Ministry to manage and implement the scheme of EMRS, has submitted the statement of funds sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilized  so  far  across  the  country  including  Assam,  Rajasthan  and Nagaland, which is placed at Annexure-1 .

(c): Ministry of Tribal Affairs had sanctioned 288 EMRSs under Article 275(1) and the target under the new central sector scheme of EMRS is to set up 452 EMRSs. As on date, a total number of 694 EMRSs have been sanctioned out of total 740 EMRSs.

(d): Yes, there has been growth in number of tribal student enrolment in EMRSs from 1.05 lakhs in the academic year 2021-22 to 1.13 lakhs in 2022-23 and further to 1.19 lakhs (provisional) in the ongoing academic year 2023-24.

(e) and (f): The scheme of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) was started as a Central Sector Scheme in the year 2018-19 to provide quality education to the tribal children in their own environment. Government decided to establish EMRSs in every block having more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons (as per census 2011). The EMRSs are being established at par with Navodaya Vidyalayas with special facilities for preserving local art and culture besides providing training in sports and skill development. Earlier, EMRSs were funded under  the  programme  of  Grants  under  Article  275(1)  of  the  Constitution,  which  are  being upgraded as per the new scheme. Cumulatively, Ministry has set the target of establishing 740 EMRSs to benefit about 3.5 lakh ST students by the year 2025-26. Presently, 694 EMRSs have been sanctioned out of the proposed 740 EMRSs. For remaining schools, states habeen asked to provide suitable land free from all encumbrances.

State-wise number of remaining EMRSs for establishment across the country, including Assam, Rajasthan and Nagaland is at Annexure-2 . Additionally, to encourage tribal students and provide them with a platform to enhance their talent/capabilities, 15 Centres of Excellence for Sports (CoE for Sports) are proposed to be established under EMRS scheme.

- (g): Yes, NESTS published notification for the first phase of recruitment of teaching and nonteaching staff in EMRSs across the country through ESSE-2023 on 28th June 2023 and 18th July 2023 for:
-          Total of 303 vacancies for the post of Principal
-          Total of 2266 vacancies for the posts of PGT
-          Total of 1493 vacancies for the non-teaching staff [ JSA (759), Accountant (361) and Lab Attendant (373)]
-          Total of 5660 vacancies for the posts of TGT
-          Total of 669 vacancies for the post of Hostel warden [ Male Warden (335) and Female Warden (334)]

CBSE is holding the recruitment test and the recruit for the above posts has been scheduled on 16th, 17th, 23rd and 24th of December 2023. The tentative schedule for the completion of the recruitment cycle for the first phase of recruitment is March 2024.

Annexure-1 Annexure-1 as referred in part (b) of the answer to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.45 dated 04.12.2023 raised by Shri Kripanath Mallah, Shrimati Jaskaur Meena, Shri Malook Nagar, Shri Tokheho Yepthomi regarding "Eklavya Model Residential Schools". (Rs. in lakhs)

|       |                         | 2020-21                               | 2020-21                            | 2021-22                               | 2021-22                            | 2022-23                               | 2022-23                            | 2023-24 (upto 21.11.2023)             | 2023-24 (upto 21.11.2023)          |
|-------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| S. N. | State/UT                | Recurri ng (For Runnin g of Schools ) | CCA (For Construct ion of Schools) | Recurri ng (For Runnin g of Schools ) | CCA (For Construct ion of Schools) | Recurri ng (For Runnin g of Schools ) | CCA (For Construct ion of Schools) | Recurri ng (For Runnin g of Schools ) | CCA (For Construct ion of Schools) |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh          | 2,799.1 2                             | 3,400.00                           | 4,336.1 3                             | 10,255.15                          | 3,852.9 8                             | 8,747.59                           | 2,600.0 0                             | 2,927.27                           |
| 2     | Arunacha l Pradesh (NE) | 170.04                                | 30.20                              | 119.54                                | -                                  | 310.06                                | 700.81                             | 200.00                                | -                                  |
| 3     | Assam (NE)              | -                                     | 750.00                             | -                                     | 1,800.00                           | -                                     | 1,433.65                           | -                                     | 587.79                             |
| 4     | Bihar                   | -                                     | 10.00                              | -                                     | -                                  | -                                     | -                                  | -                                     | 8.95                               |
| 5     | Chhattisg arh           | 6,508.1 2                             | 460.00                             | 9,707.2 4                             | 3,552.42                           | 11,436. 84                            | 7,999.09                           | 5,000.0 0                             | 3,404.15                           |
| 6     | Dadra& Nagar Haveli     | 85.70                                 | 10.00                              | 58.55                                 | 194.00                             | 184.96                                | 383.26                             | 112.49                                | 50.96                              |
| 7     | Gujarat                 | 4,684.4 6                             | 71.40                              | 1,000.0 0                             | 60.00                              | 7,623.4 7                             | 2,465.49                           | -                                     | 1,477.81                           |
| 8     | Himachal Pradesh        | 255.06                                | -                                  | 599.11                                | -                                  | 483.18                                | -                                  | 632.89                                | -                                  |
| 9     | Jammu & Kashmir         | -                                     | -                                  | 392.40                                | -                                  | -                                     | 1,200.00                           | 300.00                                | -                                  |
| 10    | Jharkhan d              | 1,641.1 3                             | 564.60                             | 1,653.4 3                             | 9,655.77                           | 3,798.9 4                             | 19,763.33                          | -                                     | 8,133.25                           |
| 11    | Karnatak a              | 2,495.8 3                             | -                                  | 3,672.8 6                             | -                                  | 1,529.9 2                             | 238.92                             | 1,450.0 0                             | 294.86                             |
| 12    | Kerala                  | -                                     | -                                  | 229.56                                | -                                  | 515.66                                | 1,000.00                           | 150.00                                | 96.69                              |
| 13    | Ladakh                  | -                                     | -                                  | -                                     | 10.00                              | -                                     | 450.00                             | -                                     | -                                  |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh          | 10,583. 36                            | 3,876.00                           | -                                     | 3,560.00                           | 24,570. 71                            | 7,247.07                           | -                                     | 1,360.07                           |

| 15   | Maharash tra    | 2,337.1 6   | 450.00    | 3,000.0 0   | 1,393.74   | 6,702.8 8   | 6,216.27     | -          | 1,426.42   |
|------|-----------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|------------|-------------|--------------|------------|------------|
| 16   | Manipur (NE)    | 1,177.2 0   | 90.80     | 338.08      | 60.00      | 1,882.8 7   | 487.11       | 759.96     | -          |
| 17   | Meghala ya (NE) | -           | 1,123.45  | -           | 1,100.00   | -           | 800.00       | -          | 73.79      |
| 18   | Mizoram (NE)    | 323.73      | 2,960.00  | 1,085.4 1   | 5,000.00   | 1,294.7 0   | 799.84       | 1,242.5 2  | -          |
| 19   | Nagalan d (NE)  | 285.51      | 5,600.00  | 711.60      | 8,770.00   | 557.71      | -            | 609.65     | -          |
| 20   | Odisha          | 4,758.6 7   | 1,415.60  | 4,090.3 9   | 6,558.43   | 5,173.3 3   | 22,990.98    | 3,200.0 0  | 12,831.61  |
| 21   | Rajastha n      | 4,044.1 7   | 8,900.00  | 5,410.7 1   | 12,804.00  | 6,780.3 2   | 12,682.98    | 3,000.0 0  | 1,510.23   |
| 22   | Sikkim (NE)     | 800.33      | -         | 1,037.8 8   | -          | 497.35      | 550.00       | 550.00     | -          |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu      | 1,008.2 9   | 216.85    | 1,190.6 2   | -          | 104.78      | 994.00       | 800.00     | 67.15      |
| 24   | Telangan a      | 3,237.3 0   | 6,280.00  | 5,145.5 2   | 14,550.00  | 3,453.2 8   | 9,341.25     | 3,800.0 0  | 1,535.08   |
| 25   | Tripura (NE)    | 1,411.6 5   | 4,653.24  | 1,065.4 4   | 4,650.00   | 1,580.3 0   | 4,854.88     | 850.00     | 2,638.19   |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh   | 386.68      | -         | 229.64      | 107.85     | 398.23      | 198.00       | 300.00     | -          |
| 27   | Uttarakha nd    | 321.28      | -         | 588.39      | 10.00      | 276.95      | 198.00       | 400.00     | 553.45     |
| 28   | West Bengal     | 1,262.4 5   | 800.00    | -           | -          | 2,303.6 7   | -            | 850.00     | -          |
|      | Total           | 50,577. 24  | 41,662.14 | 45,662. 51  | 84,091.36  | 85,313. 11  | 1,11,742.5 2 | 26,807. 51 | 38,977.71  |

N.B. Amount reflected under the head CCA (for construction of schools) has been given to various  construction  agencies  like  CPWD/PSUs/State  Societies  for  construction  of  school building in the respective States.

Annexure-2 as referred in part (e) and (f) of the answer to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.45 dated 04.12.2023 raised by Shri Kripanath Mallah, Shrimati Jaskaur Meena, Shri Malook Nagar, Shri Tokheho Yepthomi regarding "Eklavya Model Residential Schools".

State-wise number of remaining EMRSs for establishment across the country

| S. No.   | State / UT                     |   Total No. of target EMRS |   No. of EMRS Sanctioned so far |   Remaining EMRSs for sanction |
|----------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                 |                         28 |                              28 |                              0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh              |                         12 |                              10 |                              2 |
| 3        | Assam                          |                         17 |                              14 |                              3 |
| 4        | Bihar                          |                          3 |                               3 |                              0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                   |                         75 |                              74 |                              1 |
| 6        | Dadra Nagar Haveli& Daman &Diu |                          1 |                               1 |                              0 |
| 7        | Gujarat                        |                         48 |                              43 |                              5 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh               |                          4 |                               4 |                              0 |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir                 |                          6 |                               6 |                              0 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                      |                         92 |                              89 |                              3 |
| 11       | Karnataka                      |                         12 |                              12 |                              0 |
| 12       | Kerala                         |                          4 |                               4 |                              0 |
| 13       | Ladakh                         |                          3 |                               3 |                              0 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                 |                         72 |                              70 |                              2 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                    |                         39 |                              37 |                              2 |
| 16       | Manipur                        |                         22 |                              21 |                              1 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                      |                         40 |                              27 |                             13 |
| 18       | Mizoram                        |                         17 |                              17 |                              0 |
| 19       | Nagaland                       |                         22 |                              22 |                              0 |
| 20       | Odisha                         |                        119 |                             106 |                             13 |
| 21       | Rajasthan                      |                         31 |                              31 |                              0 |
| 22       | Sikkim                         |                          4 |                               4 |                              0 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                     |                          8 |                               8 |                              0 |
| 24       | Telangana                      |                         23 |                              23 |                              0 |
| 25       | Tripura                        |                         21 |                              21 |                              0 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                  |                          4 |                               4 |                              0 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                    |                          4 |                               4 |                              0 |
| 28       | West Bengal                    |                          9 |                               8 |                              1 |
|          | Grand Total                    |                        740 |                             694 |                             46 |

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