14 Nov 2024        12:43:11 pm

Government Schemes

National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS)

Tags : National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS)

Topic: Tribal Welfare

Why in the news?

• National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) successfully organized a workshop on “Building Quality Infrastructure for Tribal Education”. 
• This event is part of the government’s ongoing efforts to provide quality educational infrastructure for tribal communities through Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs), ensuring sustainable and effective learning environments.

Source: PIB

About National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS):

• It is an autonomous organization that was established under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) in 2019.
• It was set up at the Central level under society registration act 1860.
• It was set up to manage Eklavya Model Residential Schools for tribal students.
• It is responsible for recommending the syllabi, the school and hostel standards, and the teacher recruitment guidelines.
• According to the guidelines issued to states in 2020 by NESTS, each school had been recommended to have a total of 52 staffers.
• After NESTS, State Education Societies for Tribal Students (SESTS) were also set up, which would receive the funding from the Ministry and allocate it accordingly.
  • SESTSs are in charge of implementing teacher recruitment with room for local modifications in each of these areas.

 Ekalavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS):

• EMRS started in the year 1997-98 to impart quality education to ST children in remote areas to enable them to access the best opportunities in education and to bring them at par with the general population.
• These are established in the States/UTs from the grants received under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India.
• Features:
  • These are co-educational residential schools from Class VI to XII.
  • Eklavya schools will be on par with Navodaya Vidyalayas and will have special facilities for preserving local art and culture besides providing training in sports and skill development.
  • Each school has a capacity of 480 students with equal number of seats for boys and girls.
  • Non-ST students can be admitted in these schools on seats up to 10% of the total seats.
  • CBSE curriculum is followed in these schools, and education is completely free.
• The National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), is responsible for establishing and managing EMRS across the country. 

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