EMRS

Eklavya Model Residential School has both a fresh and rich history of the last decade. With a humble beginning of 60 students under the governing Scheduled Tribes development department for the upliftment of tribal students of Kerala. Vide G.O No (Rt) 19/2021 SCSTDD Dt. 17.03.2011 Our school was inaugurated by the Home Minister of the Scheduled Tribes Department on June 22, 2001. Initially, the school started working in the building attached to the Vezhathoppe Pre-Metric Hostel. Later, the school was shifted to the Idukki district panchayat building at Kuyilimala for more convenience with more facilities. Then 6 hectares of land have been allotted in Kuyilimala for the construction of a new school building. Finally, on 27.08.2011, the school started its functioning in the newly constructed building. Objective/Overview Eklavya Model Residential School is to provide quality education exclusively for tribal children in complete residential mode with superior infrastructure and resources. Among the major tribal sectors in Kerala, Mannan, Muthuvan, Hill Pulaya, Irula, Uraly, Malayarayar, and Ulladan are the few who inhabit our school. The larger ethnic nature of the location, In which our school is situated, will contribute to the sustainable development of the tribal community by retaining their cultural values and heritage. Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) are set up in the states with grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India. The objective of EMRS is to provide quality education to all Scheduled Tribes students irrespective of their learning competencies in an inclusive manner. Especially for the students who are from remote areas of the country. Not only to enable them to get reservations but also to make them able to obtain general, technical, and professional courses in order to secure a position or a job in the government, public, and private sectors. This is to ensure them ample opportunities, which will help them to par with the non-ST population of the country. Mission The mission is to enable the children to have an insightful and confident future and make them able to confront the diverse society. Also, evade their fear while approaching the Stream Society. Vision Our vision is to bestow and instill academic knowledge along with moral values. We like harmony, self-sufficiency, solidarity, love for nature, social responsibility, and sustainability by promoting special care of their individual differences in a safe and protective atmosphere.