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| 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 given below:- |
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| Sl. No |
Name of the State |
No of Schools Sanctioned |
No of Functional Schools |
Enrollment during 2019-20 |
New schools to be sanctioned by 2022 |
|
| Male |
Female |
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| 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 |
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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NB/SK/jk/Tribal Affairs-LS-2/16-03-2020