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11/08/22 04:20 AM IST

Ministry of Tribal Affairs organizes ‘Samvaad’ a virtual interaction of EMRS students

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  • Ministry of Tribal Affairs organized ‘Samvaad’ a virtual interaction of students of Eklavya Model Residential Schools with Union Minister Shri Arjun Mundaand Minister of state for Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti Shri Bisweshwar Tuduon the occasion of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
EMRS 
  • It was started in 1997-98, to provide quality education ( middle and high-level education) to scheduled tribe (ST) students in remote areas (with high tribal population), in form of residential schools.
  • Every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons will have an EMRS.
  • Set up by grants provided under Article 275(1)of the Constitution.
  • Set up as an autonomous society under the ministry of tribal affairs — similar to Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti — to run the EMRSs.
  • STs constitute 8.6% of the country’s total population (11 crores).
Source- PIB 

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