Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday urged Central government to open two new Eklavya residential schools for tribal students in the border districts of Pithoragarh and Chamoli in the state.
At the three-day tribal festival organized to celebrate the birthday of freedom fighter Birsa Munda and Uttarakhand State Foundation Day on Thursday, the Chief Minister urged Union Tribal Minister Arjun Munda, who was sharing the dais with him, to provide tabs to 5,000 tribal students studying in various schools. He also requested the union minister to set up a museum based on the lives of freedom fighters in the state.
"Today the entire world is speaking about global warming and saving the environment. But our tribes have been paying special attention to environmental protection since ages. The knowledge of our tribal groups about herbs has been their special identity for centuries," said the Chief Minister.
Currently, there are three Eklavya Model Schools, three ITIs, four tribal hostels, and sixteen Ashram schools in the state, which are providing good education to the children of Scheduled Tribes of remote areas, according to the minister.