Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) is a Government of India scheme for model residential school, specifically for Scheduled Tribes across India. It is one of the flagship interventions of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India and was introduced in the year 1997-98 to ensure tribal students get access to quality education in the remote tribal areas. EMRSs are set up in States/UTs with grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India. As per the budget 2018-19, every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons, will have an Eklavya Model Residential School by the year 2022 and affiliated with CBSE Board, New Delhi.
National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) as an autonomous organization has been set up under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to establish, endow, maintain, control and manage the schools.
Eklavya Model Residential School, Palsunde, Tal. Mokhada, Dist. Palghar is starting from academic year 2019-20 under the Maharashtra Tribal Public School Society Nashik alias Tribal Development Department, Maharashtra State.
From the academic year 2019, the 6th class is started in school. From the current academic year 2024-25, classes up to 11th standard have started in school and currently 136 boys and 130 girls, total 266 students are studying in school.