Eklavya schools running with just 58% of the teachers: Government data
2 years ago

Eklavya schools running with just 58% of the teachers: Government data

The Hindu  

The Eklavya Model Residential Schools for tribal students across the country are currently functioning with just 58% of the teachers required to do so, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday in response to a question from the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. In response, the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Renuka Singh Saruta said, “As per data submitted by States, there are 394 functional schools with 1,05,463 students as some of the schools running only few classes. The proportionate teachers requirement is 7,030 and presently available teachers are 4,138.” She added that as per guidelines issued by the Nation Education Society for Tribal Students, the Central government agency responsible for managing the schools, each EMRS is supposed to have a strength of 480 students, for which the minimum staff requirement should be 52. This was because, once approved, it would entail scrapping of the State societies, and setting up of regional NESTS offices, which will eventually issue recruitment notices and begin the hiring process.

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Chhattisgarh: Eklavya residential school for tribal children has students sleeping in toilets, minister angry over video
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Chhattisgarh: Eklavya residential school for tribal children has students sleeping in toilets, minister angry over video

Op India  

The images from the Eklavya Adarsh Residential School of Chotedongar of the Orchha block in the Narayanpur District in the Bastar division have caused a stir in the state. छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर में सरकारी आवासीय विद्यालय में आदिवासी बच्चों के शौचालय में रहने का वीडियो जारी हुआ तो इलाके के मंत्री जी नाराज़ हो गए. pic.twitter.com/1sHvE1DZwM — Alok Putul December …

Central recruitment of teachers for tribal residential schools ‘deeply flawed’: CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat
5 months, 1 week ago

Central recruitment of teachers for tribal residential schools ‘deeply flawed’: CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat

The Hindu  

CPI Politburo member Brinda Karat on July 15 wrote to Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram over the recent Centralisation of recruitment of teachers and staffers for tribal residential schools, saying it was “deeply flawed” and needed to reversed in the best interest of the students. Ms. Karat requested the Minister’s intervention in reverting to the previous method of letting the …

Andhra Pradesh: Tribals demand appointment of teacher
5 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh: Tribals demand appointment of teacher

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Tengalabandha Kondadora tribe, residing in the Kiverla panchayat hilltop village of Anantagiri mandal, Alluri Sitaram Raju district, made a remarkable sacrifice. Pandavula Satya Rao told the Deccan Chronicle, “Despite promises from authorities, the school shed has remained empty for weeks, and no teacher has been appointed. After building the school shed, we urged the district collector and ITDA …

Centralised hiring leads to language, cultural barriers in Eklavya schools
5 months, 1 week ago

Centralised hiring leads to language, cultural barriers in Eklavya schools

The Hindu  

The recent centralisation of recruitment for tribal residential schools across the country, which introduced Hindi competency as a mandatory requirement, has resulted in a flood of requests for transfers. In the 2023 Budget session of Parliament, however, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that the responsibility was being shifted to the National Education Society for Tribal Students, which has now …

More than 80,000 headmasters, assistant teachers posts vacant: UP government
10 months, 2 weeks ago

More than 80,000 headmasters, assistant teachers posts vacant: UP government

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh government announced on Tuesday that there are 85,152 vacancies for headmasters and assistant teachers in the state. “At present, under the Basic Education Department, both shiksha mitra and instructor cooperate in studies,” says Sandeep Singh, Minister of State for Basic Education, while answering the questions of Samajwadi Party members Anil Pradhan and Abhay Singh during the Question …

Educationists stress on continuous education in tribal schools
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Educationists stress on continuous education in tribal schools

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Stakeholders in the education sector have suggested schools having continuous education up to Class-XII to increase the enrolment of tribal students. Tribal students’ transition to higher secondary education in Odisha is 40 per cent, while in Chhattisgarh, it is 84 per cent as per the UDISE+ 2021-22 report. Chhattisgarh imparts secondary and higher secondary education in the same schools, …

EMRS Bhopal Principal who turned school around is among National Teachers’ Award recipients
1 year, 3 months ago

EMRS Bhopal Principal who turned school around is among National Teachers’ Award recipients

The Hindu  

Among the 50 school teachers who were awarded the National Teachers’ Award by President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday was Yashpal Singh, Principal of the Eklavya Model Residential School, Bhopal. Dr. Singh ensured near full-capacity attendance from first generation school-going tribal children with simple approaches, including students’ have a say in deciding meals, and recreating what they liked about their forest …

Education Dept. finds it difficult to get teachers for schools in rural, remote areas of Shivamogga
1 year, 6 months ago

Education Dept. finds it difficult to get teachers for schools in rural, remote areas of Shivamogga

The Hindu  

Many teachers refuse to work at government schools in remote areas of Malnad taluks with hardly any transport facilities, leaving hundreds of students with no permanent faculty in Shivamogga district. The Department of School Education and Literacy is finding it difficult to accommodate teachers for 132 primary schools located in hilly terrains in Sagar, Sorab, Tirthahalli, and Hosanagar taluks. During …

EMRS Recruitment 2023: Centre to hire 38,800 teachers, support staff for Eklavya model schools in 3 years
1 year, 6 months ago

EMRS Recruitment 2023: Centre to hire 38,800 teachers, support staff for Eklavya model schools in 3 years

India TV News  

EMRS Recruitment 2023: Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda announced that the central government would hire 38,800 teachers and support personnel for Eklavya Model Residential Schools in the next three years. In the next three years, 38,800 teachers and support staff will be recruited to impart quality education to around 3.5 lakh tribal students in these schools," Munda said. Earlier, …

Inside Jharkhand’s single-teacher schools
1 year, 7 months ago

Inside Jharkhand’s single-teacher schools

The Hindu  

At 8 a.m., sleepy Rud, a village in Latehar district, north-western Jharkhand, livens up. “The lack of recruitment over the past few years was the main reason behind the rise of single-teacher schools,” says K. Ravi Kumar, the State’s Education Secretary. “Between departmental reporting, administrative work, and managing classrooms, I hardly give my students the attention they deserve,” says Mr. …

Centre to set up more Eklavya schools in AP
1 year, 8 months ago

Centre to set up more Eklavya schools in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Union minister of state for tribal affairs Renuka Singh Saruta said central government will set up more Eklavya model residential schools in the country’s agency and tribal blocks with more than 50 percent of ST population. The Union minister responded to Rajamahendravaram Lok Sabha member Margani Bharat Ram who sought establishment of Eklavya schools in tribal areas for imparting …

Recruitment proposal for Eklavya schools leaves existing teachers in a bind
1 year, 9 months ago

Recruitment proposal for Eklavya schools leaves existing teachers in a bind

The Hindu  

As the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs looks to finalise the recruitment rules for hiring over 38,000 teachers and support staff for 740 Eklavya Model Residential Schools across the country, the jobs of around 4,000 existing teachers are hanging by a thread as the Union government has calculated the staff requirement without considering those already working in the schools. However, …

Allocations up but many issues remain unaddressed, say teachers and educators
1 year, 10 months ago

Allocations up but many issues remain unaddressed, say teachers and educators

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Even though the Union Budget for the education sector has gone up from Rs 99,881 crore in 2022-23, to Rs 1,12,899 crore in 2023-24, not all teachers and educators are satisfied. Furthermore, in order to strengthen the existing 740 Eklavya model residential schools, serving 3.5 lakh students, efforts are on to recruit 38,000 teachers and support staff over the …

Budget 2023 | 38,800 teachers, support staff to be recruited for Eklavya schools
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 | 38,800 teachers, support staff to be recruited for Eklavya schools

The Hindu  

The Union Government will hire 38,800 teachers and support staff for Eklavya Model Residential Schools for tribal students across the country over the next three years, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on February 1 during her Union Budget 2023-24 speech in Lok Sabha. Ms. Sitharaman said, “Centre will recruit 38,800 teachers and support staff for the 740 Eklavya Model Residential …

Union Budget 2023: 38,000 teachers to be recruited in next 3 years for 740 ERMS, says FM Sitharaman
1 year, 10 months ago

Union Budget 2023: 38,000 teachers to be recruited in next 3 years for 740 ERMS, says FM Sitharaman

India Today  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented the Union Budget 2023 in Parliament. The priorities of the union budget 2023 are inclusive development, reaching the last mile, infrastructure and investment, unleashing the potential, green growth, youth, and the financial sector. While announcing the budget, within the education sector, FM Sitharaman announced that to boost education for the trial students, the …

What are the hurdles to building schools for tribals?
2 years, 1 month ago

What are the hurdles to building schools for tribals?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Narendra Modi-led government is pushing to set up 740 Eklavya Model Residential Schools for tribal students — one each in every sub-district that has at least a 20,000-odd Scheduled Tribe population, which must be 50% of the total population in that area. Until 2018-19, the scheme was overseen by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs with …

Teacher shortage at Eklavya Model Residential Schools will be fixed soon: Tribal Affairs Minister
2 years, 1 month ago

Teacher shortage at Eklavya Model Residential Schools will be fixed soon: Tribal Affairs Minister

The Hindu  

The administrative overhaul of the National Education Society for Tribal Students, which is expected to solve the massive teacher shortage faced by Eklavya Model Residential Schools for tribal students, will be approved “very soon”, Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said on Saturday. Responding to questions on the delay in recruitment of teachers, Mr. Munda said that the administrative change to …

Eklavya Model Residential Schools face teacher shortage
2 years, 3 months ago

Eklavya Model Residential Schools face teacher shortage

The Hindu  

Despite sanctioning the record numbers of Eklavya Model Residential Schools for tribal students since 2014 and setting up of the National Education Society for Tribal Students to manage these schools in 2018, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has so far been unable to fix the teacher shortage faced across 378 of such schools that are currently functional. “The guidelines never …

Challenge of tribal population's education taken in mission mode, says tribal affairs minister
2 years, 10 months ago

Challenge of tribal population's education taken in mission mode, says tribal affairs minister

India Today  

Interacting with the students of Eklavya Model Residential Schools across Jharkhand, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda said that the government has taken up the challenge of education of the tribal population in mission mode and we are working to catapult them to an international level. Over 450 Eklavya Model Residential Schools sanctioned The government has also sanctioned 452 …

Gujarat State govt to recruit 3300 primary school teachers: Know details here
2 years, 11 months ago

Gujarat State govt to recruit 3300 primary school teachers: Know details here

India Today  

Gujarat Teachers Recruitment 2022: The Gujarat government, on Tuesday, announced recruiting nearly 3,300 teachers or 'vidya sahayaks' for state-run primary schools and the application process will start soon for the same. Notably, a formal announcement was made by the state BJP government in March last year when Bhupendrasinh Chudasama was the Education Minister. However, things did not move ahead as …

We Need Caring Schools to Bring Back Millions of ‘Offline’, Pushed-out Children
3 years, 4 months ago

We Need Caring Schools to Bring Back Millions of ‘Offline’, Pushed-out Children

News 18  

There is a strong call for governments to reopen schools. A survey conducted in 200 villages of Tamil Nadu found that enrolment in government schools had increased by 5 per cent while it dropped by 7 per cent in private schools during the pandemic. About 80 per cent children were from government schools and others from private schools. Over 90 …

Army starts schools for Gujjar and Bakkarwal community children in Jammu And Kashmir's Ramban
3 years, 5 months ago

Army starts schools for Gujjar and Bakkarwal community children in Jammu And Kashmir's Ramban

India TV News  

With an aim to impart quality education among children of the Gujjar and Bakarwal community, the Army has started three schools in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district. Children of the community suffer severely from lack of education infrastructure while ‘deras’ migrate to their summer abodes, an official spokesman said. The community heads approached the Army seeking …

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