The date for seeking admission in Eklavya Residential Schools has been extended till August 31 for ST students. Interested students, parents, teachers, and headmasters should upload online applications with mark sheet and Id till August 31 on the website, informed Ravindra Thakre, Additional Commissioner, here on Wednesday.
Admissions are given to Eklavya schools through Tribal Development Department for providing education to Scheduled Tribes students. The admission process has begun in ten model residential schools in the Nagpur division. Online applications are invited for giving regular admission to sixth std and on vacant seats in seventh and ninth std.
A press note issued here said that any ST student learning in government and aided Dharamshala, Zilla Parishad, municipal council and corporation, government-recognized and private aided schools can fill up the applications. There are some reservations for physically challenged students in sixth std.