Tribal Welfare Department has sanctioned Rs 22 crore for 20 Ashram schools in tribal-dominant district of the state.
These Ashram schools will be constructed during current fiscal. Commissioner, Tribal Development Umakant Umrao has directed to start building construction works at the earliest. Boys Ashrams have been sanctioned at Tillideri and Dhanaycha in Sheopur district, Mohammadpur in Guna district and English-medium tribal boys Ashram school at Guna.
These buildings will also be constructed at Khurshipur, Atariya, Pipariya and Githar in Mandla district and Airan, Sondwa and Badiphata in Alirajpur district. Similarly, Ashram schools will be constructed at Jholiyapur in Sehore, Murar and Fadalpura in Gwalior, Ghughra in Katni and tribal boys Ashram school at Baribandh in Anuppur district. Each building will cost Rs 1.10 crore. At present, there are 1025 Ashram schools in the state with over 60,000 inmates. Of these, 540 are for girls and 425 for boys.