**Summary:**
As of June 2025, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs reports that 51 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) are operational in Jharkhand, with a total enrollment of 7,550 students during the 2024-25 academic year. The National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), the autonomous body responsible for EMRS administration, is overseeing the expansion and staffing of these schools. In January 2023, the Department of Expenditure sanctioned 38,480 teaching and non-teaching posts for EMRSs nationwide, allocating 52 posts per school. Recruitment is being phased in accordance with school construction and operationalization. The first phase, EMRS Staff Selection Exam (ESSE) 2023, led to the direct recruitment of personnel for 10,391 posts. As of the 2024-25 academic year, 9,075 posting orders have been issued, including 7,050 for teaching positions, with 147 teaching staff posted to Jharkhand. Under the revised EMRS scheme, 440 additional blocks across the country, including those in Jharkhand, were approved for EMRS establishment, supplementing the 288 EMRSs previously approved under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India. Jharkhand has been approved for a total of 91 EMRSs, comprising 68 under the New Scheme and 23 under Article 275(1).
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Tribal Affairs: The Indian government ministry responsible for the welfare and development of tribal communities.
Jharkhand: A state in eastern India, where 51 Eklavya Model Residential Schools are functional.
Shri Pradip Kumar Varma: The individual who raised the unstarred question in response to which the information was provided.
Shri Durgadas Uikey: Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs who provided the written reply in Rajya Sabha.
Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs): A type of school in India for tribal students.
National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS): An autonomous body under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs responsible for planning, constructing, establishing, endowing, and administering the EMRSs.
Department of Expenditure, Government of India: The department that sanctioned teaching and nonteaching posts for Eklavya Model Residential Schools across the country.
Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India: Article under which existing EMRSs were approved.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
EMRSs IN JHARKHAND
Posted On: 23 JUL 2025 4:08PM by PIB Delhi
Replying to an un-starred question of Shri Pradip Kumar Varma, the Union Minister of State for Tribal
Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey stated in a written reply in Rajya Sabha that as of June, 2025, 51 Eklavya Model
Residential Schools (EMRSs) are reported to be functional in the State of Jharkhand.
As reported by National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), an autonomous body under Ministry
of Tribal Affairs to plan, construct, establish, endow and administer the EMRS, a total number of 7550
students are enrolled in EMRSs during 2024-25 in Jharkhand.
Further, Department of Expenditure, Government of India, in Jan, 2023 has sanctioned a total of 38,480
teaching and non-teaching posts for Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) across the country. As per
the sanction, 52 teaching and non-teaching posts have been allocated for each EMRS. The recruitment is to be
undertaken in a phased manner, aligned with the progress of school construction and their operationalization.
Accordingly, the first phase of recruitment was undertaken by the NESTS for direct recruitment on 10,391
posts through the EMRS Staff Selection Exam (ESSE)-2023. The selected candidates have been posted during
the academic year 2024–25. So far, a total of 9,075 posting orders, including 7,050 for teaching positions,
have been issued, out of which, 147 teaching staff have been posted in the state of Jharkhand.
Under the new scheme of EMRS, 440 blocks were approved from across the country including the state of
Jharkhand for establishment of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRSs) in addition to existing 288
EMRSs approved under the Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India. Accordingly, in the state of Jharkhand
total 91 EMRSs ( 68 under New Scheme and 23 under the Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India) have
been approved.
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