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New Delhi : As per existing guidelines, the total number of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) to be set up up by the year 2022 is 740. 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 Tribal Affairs Ministry of which 285 are functional.
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 to enable them to avail of reservation in high and professional educational courses and get jobs in government and public and private sectors.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Renuka Singh Saruta in a written reply in Lok Sabha o March 16, 2020, according to a PIB release.