16 Ekalavya Schools To Start In Mayurbhanj This Fiscal Year, says Union Minister – Education News India

Sixty-four new Ekalavya schools have been sanctioned for Odisha, of which 16 schools in the tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district would be made functional from the current financial year, Union Minister Bishweswar Tudu said on Wednesday.

All the blocks in the Mayurbhanj district were allocated schools with toilet facilities, water supply systems to reduce the dropout rate amongst tribal girls, he said.

The tender process for the project has already been completed, the Mayurbhanj MP said. The Tribal Affairs Ministry has been setting up Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) for imparting quality education to tribal children in their own environment in remote areas across the country.

Every block having 50 per cent or more Scheduled Tribes population and at least 20,000 ST persons will have an Ekalavya schools. The minister listed a series of projects chalked out for the development of various sectors like aviation, railway, tourism and highways in the Mayurbhanj district.

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