New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) As many as 408 students from Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) have qualified for NEET for MBBS courses, and 41 students have qualified for the Joint Engineering Exam (Advanced) 2026 for admission to Indian Institutes of Technology, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Durgadas Uikey, in reply to a question, said eight Centres of Excellence are operational to provide focused mentoring and high-quality coaching to meritorious EMRS students preparing for IIT-JEE and NEET.
The Engineering and NEET Admission Bridge Accelerated Learning Engagement (ENABLE) Programme, launched in 2025, provides structured online academic support and coaching for students aspiring to qualify for IIT-JEE and NEET.
He said that 508 EMRSs are operational in the country, and in the academic year 2025-26, the results in EMRSs are 93.62 per cent and 87.82 per cent in Class X and XII, respectively.
The MoS said 173 schools achieved a 100 per cent pass rate in Class X and 92 schools achieved a 100 per cent pass rate in Class XII.
Sharing information about staff strength in these schools, Uikey said 9,111 teaching and non-teaching staff have already been recruited through ESSE-2023, and an examination has been conducted through ESSE-2025 for another batch of 7,267 teaching and non-teaching staff for EMRSs across the country.
He said all new EMRSs, with an area of 15 acres and a student capacity of 480 from Classes VI to XII,, are well equipped with modern design. These include separate boys’ and girls’ hostels, integrated dining and kitchen facilities, quarters for teaching and non-teaching staff, classrooms with modern teaching aids, science and computer laboratories, libraries with diverse learning resources, playgrounds and sports equipment and facilities for extracurricular activities.
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