RESIDENTIAL TRIBAL SCHOOLS
The Ministry of Tribal
Affairs have so far released funds for setting up of 84 Ekalavya
Model Residential Schools from Class VIth to XIIth for tribal
students. The priority of the Ministry is to release the balance
amount for making these 84 schools fully functional during the
Tenth Five Year Plan.
Funds for setting
up of 4 Eklavya Model Residential Schools have been released to
the Government of Maharashtra. Also six Residential Schools have
been sanctioned to the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in
the State of Maharashtra during the last three years. No Residential
School has been set up in Mumbai. There is no proposal for setting
up of Ekalavya Model Residential School in Mumbai.
The above information
was given by the Minister of Tribal Affairs, Shri Jual Oram today
in the Lok Sabha in a written reply to the question by Shri Chintaman
Wanaga.
