President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates Eklavya Model Residential School in Odisha

NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu, inaugurated Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) at Badasahi in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. The school is part of the ministry of tribal affairs scheme to set up 740 Eklavya Model Residential School schools by March 2026, including construction of 452 schools approved in 2019.

The National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) is also in the process of recruiting 38,800 teaching and non-teaching staff in phased manner of which about 10,000 staff have already been selected.

During the inauguration ceremony, the President said education is very important for the development of society. “That is why the government is opening Eklavya Model Residential Schools for tribal students in remote tribal blocks. Now it is the responsibility of parents to send the children to school,” she said.

Barsahi EMRS campus

The Barsahi EMRS campus is constructed on around 8 acres of land. A typical EMRS will have 16 class rooms for 480 students, 240 girls and 240 boys. There are separate boys’ and girls’ hostels, mess, residential accommodation for Principal, teaching and non-teaching staff, administrative block, playground, computer and science laboratories. These schools will prove to be a milestone for the overall development of tribal students of this area.

The school inaugurated by the President is one of the 25 schools constructed under the new scheme. Earlier, the President had also inaugurated schools in Odisha, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

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Union minister for tribal affairs Arjun Munda inaugurated five EMRS at Tantnagar, Manjhari, Noamundi , Bansjor , Pakartanr on February 26 and 27. Other dignitaries present during the occasion included Hon. Governor of Odisha, Shri Raghubar Das, Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu, among other senior dignitaries from union and state Governments.

Eklavya Residential Model School is a flagship scheme of the union government, which was launched in 2019, for imparting quality education to the tribal students.