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19 May 2022 Eklavya Model Residential School: Maharashtra

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Recently the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has laid the foundation stone for the construction of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) in Nashik, Maharashtra.
The objective of the proposed EMR School is to provide quality education to tribal students in remote tribal areas of Nashik.

EMRS is a scheme to build model residential schools for Indian Tribes (ST-Scheduled Tribes) across India. It was started in the year 1997-98.
Eklavya Model Residential School at Shinde (Nashik) has been planned by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to promote quality education in the adjoining tribal areas.
CBSE syllabus is followed in EMRS. The Hindu Analysis
Eklavya Model Residential Schools are being developed to provide quality education to tribal students with emphasis on not only academic education but all round development of tribal students.
Presently there are 384 functional schools spread across the country which are set up like Navodaya Vidyalayas, focusing on special state-of-the-art facilities for the preservation of local art and culture besides imparting training in sports and skill development.

As per the extant EMRS guidelines for the year 2010, at least one EMRS is to be established in every Integrated Tribal Development Agency/Integrated Tribal Development Project having 50% ST population in the area.
As per Budget 2018-19, every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal population will have Eklavya Model Residential School by the year 2022.

Comprehensive physical, mental and socially relevant development of all students enrolled in each EMRS.
Strive to empower students to make a difference from school to their homes, to their villages and finally to the larger context.
To focus separately on the educational support provided to students of classes XI and XII and classes VI to X, so as to meet their specific needs. The Hindu Analysis
To support annual expenses in such a way as to provide fair remuneration to employees and to promote the creation of infrastructure related to the maintenance of facilities that meet the educational, physical, environmental and cultural needs of student life.