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 in order to enable them to avail of reservation in high and professional educational courses and get jobs in government and public and private sectors. 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 Ministry, out of which 285 are functional. As per existing guidelines, the total number of EMRSs being set up upto the year 2022 is 740.

A statement indicating state-wise number of schools sanctioned/ functional with gender-wise enrolment along with new schools to be sanctioned by 2022 is given below:-

Sl. No

Name of the State

No of Schools Sanctioned

No of Functional Schools

Enrollment during 2019-20

New schools to be sanctioned by 2022

Male

Female

1

Andhra Pradesh

19

19

1213

2211

9

2

Arunachal Pradesh

8

2

101

107

4

3

Assam

5

1

240

240

12

4

Bihar

2

0

0

0

1

5

Chhattisgarh

42

42

4702

3259

33

6

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0

0

0

0

1

7

Gujarat

35

35

4938

5218

13

8

Himachal Pradesh

4

4

156

156

0

9

Jammu & Kashmir

6

0

0

0

0

10

Jharkhand

46

13

1907

1651

46

11

Karnataka

12

10

1606

1447

0

12

Kerala

4

2

258

277

0

13

Ladakh

2

0

0

0

1

14

Madhya Pradesh

45

45

5441

7505

27

15

Maharashtra

25

24

2579

2488

14

16

Manipur

10

3

694

746

12

17

Meghalaya

15

0

0

0

25

18

Mizoram

11

2

201

195

6

19

Nagaland

12

3

312

307

10

20

Odisha

57

19

2907

2914

62

21

Rajasthan

22

18

3224

1723

9

22

Sikkim

4

4

482

497

0

23

Tamil Nadu

8

8

1219

967

0

24

Telangana

16

16

1920

2040

7

25

Tripura

13

5

866

874

8

26

Uttar Pradesh

4

2

228

245

0

27

Uttarakhand

3

1

200

193

1

28

West Bengal

8

7

1430

1307

1

Grand Total

438

285

36824

36567

302