20000 tribal people to have Eklavya schools

All the EMRS would be developed on a par with Navodaya Vidyalayas, the Union tribal minister said. He was addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of an EMRS at Khairbani under Rajnagar block of Jharkhand's Seraikela district.

Union minister Arjun Munda on Saturday said that Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) will revolutionise education in tribal-dominated areas of the country as children of the community will be provided with the best modern education in those institutes. All the EMRS would be developed on a par with Navodaya Vidyalayas, the Union tribal minister said. He was addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of an EMRS at Khairbani under Rajnagar block of Jharkhand's Seraikela district.