3479 teacher vacancies in the Eklavya Model Residential Schools of MTA, GOI

he Ministry of Tribal Affairs through its autonomous body, the National Education Society for Tribal Students has embarked on a major drive to fill around 3479 vacancies of teaching staff in the Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in 17 States across the country. This will result in positioning of quality human resource in the EMRSs resulting in improved educational standards in the EMRSs. The teaching staff in 4 different posts of Principal, Vice Principal, PGTs and TGTs will be recruited through a centralized computer-based test followed by interviews (excluding TGTs) to be conducted by respective States. The recruitment shall be done state-wise based on state specific vacancy as tabulated below :

The recruitment drive has been initiated jointly with respective States In order to meet the rising demand of teachers for the clear vacancies in already functional schools and schools going to be functional this year, calculated after excluding the posts currently filled by regular and ad-hoc/contractual staff. Modalities for the existing ad-hoc/contractual staff shall be taken at a later stage in consultation with different stakeholders.

The portal for receiving the applications will open from 1.4.2021 to 30.04.2021 with the exams tentatively scheduled in 1st week of June. 

For details of the portal and the final dates, please visit recruitment : https://nta.ac.in and https://tribal.nic.in 

The scheme of EMRS is a flagship intervention of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to provide quality education to the tribal students in the tribal areas of the country. The scheme, in operation since 1998 underwent a major revamping in the year 2018-19 to improve the  geographical  outreach  of  the  schools  to  every  block  with  50%  or  more  ST population and 20,000 or more tribal  persons with  an aim to  improve  accessibility to the schools. Under the revamped scheme, 452 new schools will be setup in addition to the existing 288 schools thereby taking the total number of schools to 740 in the coming years.Out  of these,  proposals submitted  by States for opening of  100 schools  have been finalised, where in construction will start soon.

EMRSs have become an island of excellence in the remote tribal hinterlands attracting large  number  of  tribal  children.   The  focus  under  the  scheme  is  to  ensure  holistic development  of  the  students  in  both  academic  and  extracurricular  sphere. With  the filling  up  of  the  vacant  posts  and as  several  initiatives  fructify  in  the  days  to  come, EMRSs will not only be model school in the tribal areas, they will become a premier institution  of  nation  building.various initiatives  have  been  taken  in  the  recent  past through  capacity  building  of  teachers,  leadership  development  of  principals,  CBSE affiliation  of  the  schools,  introduction  of  online  and  digital  education  in  the  schools, partnership with external stakeholders for converging resources under various existing programmes like Atal Tinkering Labs, NISHTA etc.