Lok Sabha Question No. 199 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-18
Subject: Schools for Tribals
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER, A.T. (NANA) PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.199

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2016

## SCHOOLS FOR TRIBALS

## 199. SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER: SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

## Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of schools for tribals including Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) set up in the country including Maharashtra, State/UT-wise; and
- (b) whether the Government propsoes to setup moe schools including EMRS in Tribal Areas of the country including Maharashtra;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT- wise; and
- (d) the other steps taken/propsoed to be taken by the Government to provide middle and high level quality education to tribal students in the country including Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) with the capacity of 480 students in each school are set up in the States/ UTs under the programme under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India on the pattern of Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas (RPVVs) of Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Jawahar Navodaya  Vidyalayas,  the  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  and  the  Kendriya  Vidyalayas. Ministry of Tribal Affairs approves grants  for these schools. Besides, residential Ashram schools are  also  set  up  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  'Establishment  of  Ashram  Schools  in Tribal Sub Plan Areas'.A total of 227 EMRSs and 892 Ashram Schools have been sanctioned by the Ministry across the country so far, State-wise details is as under:

|   S No. | State             |   EMRS |   Ashram School |
|---------|-------------------|--------|-----------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |     14 |              78 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |     04 |               0 |
|       3 | Assam             |     03 |              01 |
|       4 | Bihar             |     02 |               0 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      |     16 |             134 |
|       6 | Goa               |     01 |              01 |
|       7 | Gujarat           |     23 |             164 |

| 8.                    | Himachal Pradesh      |   01 |   0 |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|-----|
| 9.                    | Jammu &Kashmir        |   02 |   0 |
| 10.                   | Jharkhand             |   15 |  02 |
| 11.                   | Karnataka             |   19 |  19 |
| 12.                   | Kerala                |   02 |  11 |
| 13.                   | Madhya Pradesh        |   29 | 242 |
| 14.                   | Maharashtra           |   14 |  95 |
| 15.                   | Manipur               |   03 |   0 |
| 16.                   | Mizoram               |   06 |   0 |
| 17.                   | Nagaland              |   05 |   0 |
| 18.                   | Odisha                |   22 |  97 |
| 19.                   | Rajasthan             |   17 |  09 |
| 20.                   | Sikkim                |   03 |  01 |
| 21.                   | Tamilnadu             |   02 |   0 |
| 22.                   | Tripura               |   04 |  24 |
| 23.                   | Telangana             |   09 |   0 |
| 24.                   | Uttrakhand            |   01 |  12 |
| 25.                   | Uttar Pradesh         |   03 |  02 |
| 26.                   | West Bengal           |   07 |   0 |
| Total School Sanction | Total School Sanction |  227 | 892 |

F

urther,  as  per  the  information  received  from  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy, Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  (MoHRD),  the  MoHRD  in  association  with  State Governments  and  UT  Administrations  implements  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Sarva Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  for  universalization  of  elementary  education  in  country  for  all  the children in the age group of 6-14 years. Under the SSA, districts with 25% and above population of Scheduled Tribes (STs) have been identified as Special Focus Districts (SFDs). The number of  such  districts  is  109.  So  far  under  SSA,  106  residential  schools  with  a  capacity  of  16200 students  and  190  hostels  with  a  capacity  of  1255  students  have  been  sanctioned  in  109  ST dominated SFDs.

- (b) & (c): Ministry of Tribal Affairs implements schemes/ programmes which are primarily aimed at filling critical gaps. In the process, proposals including setting up of tribal schools are submitted by the State Governments and are sanctioned by this Ministry after approval by the Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) subject to availability of funds.
- (d) The objective of EMRS and Ashram schools is to provide quality middle and high level education  to  Scheduled  Tribe  (ST)  students  in  remote  areas  across  the  country  including Maharashtra, not only to enable them to avail of reservation in high and professional educational courses and get jobs in government and public and private sectors, but also to have access to the best opportunities in education at par with the non ST population.

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