The State Government has set March 20 as last date for submission of application for admission in the 6th standard of Eklavya Model Residential School for academic session 2018-19 through entrance exam.
Circular in the context has been issued to all the district collectors concerned by Office Commissioner, Chhattisgarh State-level Tribal Caste Welfare Residential and Ashram Educational Institute Committee (Indravati Bhavan), Naya Raipur, an official press release informed.
Department officials informed that in the new academic session 2018-19, each school will organize entrance exam for admission of scheduled tribe students in 6th standard, and select 60 students for admission on the basis of merit.
Application for entrance exam can be collected for free from Assistant Commissioner Tribal Department Office of respective districts and from Principal of Eklavya Model School or it can also be downloaded from department website www.tribal.gov.in.
Under the article 275(1) of Constitution, Government of India's Tribal Affair Minister, New Delhi in association with Chhattisgarh state is conducting 25 Eklavya Adarsh Vidyalay. In this residential schools of state affiliated to Chhattisgarh Secondary Education Board Raipur, boys/girls of state belonging to scheduled tribe section are provided free education facility in Hindi Medium from standard 6th to 12th. Age-limit for students to take admission in these schools should be between 10 to 13 years as on July 1, 2018, or they should have taken part in exam of 5th standard organised in academic session 2017-18, or they should have passed 5th standard exams of previous year.