TNPSC Thervupettagam

PVTG sub-quota in Eklavya

December 27 , 2024 12 hrs 0 min 33 0
  • In 2019, Centre introduced a sub-quota of 5% for the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in admissions to Eklavya Model Residential Schools.
  • But the recent data show that schools are struggling to meet this quota with just 3.4% of all EMRS students belonging to PVTG communities.
  • Of the 1,30,101 students enrolled into all 407 functional EMRSs as of October this year, 4,480 belong to PVTG communities.
  • Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Gujarat were struggling to meet the 5% PVTG student quota.
  • In Madhya Pradesh, PVTG students account for 3.8% of the total students, in Chhattisgarh they comprise 2.74% of the student population.
  • In Gujarat, just 21 students out of the total 10,688 students belong to PVTG communities. 
  • In Tamil Nadu’s EMRSs, PVTGs comprise 8.36% of total students; in Jharkhand, this percentage is at 7.48%; and in Andhra Pradesh, it is 12.91%. 
  • According to the very latest available population estimates, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Tamil Nadu are the States with the greatest number of PVTGs.

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