WHAT IS EKLAVYA SCHOOL?

 Eklavya model residential school is a scheme for making model residential schools for Indian Tribals (ST-Scheduled Tribes ) across India . It started in the year 1997-98. The EMRS in Shinde (Nashik) has been planned by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to give impetus to quality education in nearby tribal areas. The EMR School follows the CBSE curriculum. Eklavya Model Residential Schools are being developed to impart quality education to tribal students, with an emphasis on not only academic education but all-round development of tribal students. At present , there are 384 functional schools spanned across the country established at par with Navodya Vidyalaya with focus on special state of the art facilities for preserving local art and culture besides providing in sports and skill development.

Coverage

• As per existing EMRS Guidelines of 2010 , at least one EMRS is to be set up in each integrated Tribal Development Agency /Integrated Tribal Development Project having 50% ST population in the area.
• As per the budget 2018-2019 every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons , will have an Eklavya Model Residential School by the year 2022.

Objective

• Comprehensive physical, mental and socially relevant development of all students enrolled in each and every ERMS.
• Seek to empower students on to be change agents, beginning in their school, in their homes, in their village and in a larger context.
• Focus differentially on the educational support to be made available to those in standard 11 and 12 and those in standards 6,to 10, so that their distinctive needs can be met.
• Support the annual running expenses in a manner that offers reasonable remuneration to the staff and upkeep of the facilities.
• Support the construction of infrastructure that provides education, physical , environmental and cultural needs of student life.

Legal Provisions for STs

• Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 against untouchability.
• Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989.
• Provisions of the panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996.
• Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006.

Initiatives

• TRIFED
• Digital Transformation of Tribal Schools.
• Development of PVTGs.
• Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana.
• National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.