Meghalaya’s first Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) formally began its academic session on December 11, marking what Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma described as a major step in strengthening long-term education infrastructure for tribal students.

The chief minister said the launch signalled Meghalaya’s intent to give young people access to institutions that shape not only academic learning but the values that “define a strong society”. He thanked the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Centre for supporting the project, noting that the initiative gives students “this opportunity and infrastructure”.

EMRS, created in 1997–98 to improve access to quality education for Scheduled Tribe children in remote areas, received nearly 2,000 applications for the new school at Pahamsyiem. Only a

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