Article Title: Little progress in centralising administration of Eklavya schools
06-03-2025
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Context
Five years after the Centre introduced fresh guidelines to elevate its flagship Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) for tribal children to the standards of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) by centralising their administration, among other steps, little progress has been made.
Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) for tribal children
EMRS started in the year 1997-98 to impart quality education to ST children in remote areas to enable them to access the best opportunities in education and to bring them at par with the general population.
EMRS are established in the States/UTs from the grants received under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India.
EMRS are co-educational residential schools from Class VI to XII.
Eklavya schools will be on par with Navodaya Vidyalayas and will have special facilities for preserving local art and culture besides providing training in sports and skill development.
Each school has a capacity of 480 students with equal number of seats for boys and girls.
Non-ST students can be admitted in these schools on seats up to 10% of the total seats.
CBSE curriculum is followed in these schools, and education is completely free.
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