National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS)

a. NESTS, as an autonomous Society under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860.
b. NESTS is mandated to plan, construct, establish, endow and administer the Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS), Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Sports  and to do all acts and things necessary for or conducive to tribal education.

Roles and Responsibilities of the National Education Society for Tribal Students:

a) Operationalisation of the scheme in all its contours.
b) Plan, construct, establish, endow and administer the EMRS, CoE for Sports and to do all acts and things necessary for or conducive to tribal education.
c) Provide good quality modern education- including a strong component of inculcation of values, awareness of the environment, adventure activities and physical education to the tribal children.
d) Provide facilities, at a suitable stage for instruction through a common medium all over the country as per the language norms of CBSE.
e) Offer a common core-curriculum of NCERT to ensure uniformity in standards.
f) Facilitate CBSE affiliation of schools.
g) Facilitate conduct of training / capacity building programmes for teaching and non-teaching staff in coordination with the State/UT EMRS Societies.
h) Transfer the admissible Recurring Costs based on the actual requirement as to be projected by the State/UT EMRS Society in the beginning of the financial year for onward transmission to the schools through PFMS.
i) Shall provide detailed standards and norms for recruitment of Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff and continuation of existing staff.
j) Shall review the existing MoUs signed by the State/UT EMRS Society or the State Government with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) regarding running of the existing schools and take appropriate decision to enter into a fresh MoU only if the academic results are found good and any other benchmarks as to be decided.
k) If need be, could entrust the recruitment of teachers for States to an independent agency duly ensuring reservation quota prescribed therein.
l) Aid, establish and conduct other institutions as may be required for the furtherance of the Society's objectives in any part of India.
m) Do all such things as may be considered necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objectives of the Society.
n) Carry out any other activities required for implementation of the Scheme, as directed by Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India from time to time.
o) Shall adhere to General Financial Rules, 2017, Delegation of Financial Powers Rules and maintain proper accounts and other relevant records, including prepare an annual statement of accounts, balance sheet, in such form as may prescribed by the Government of India.
p) Accounts of the Society shall also be subject to C&AG audit.
q) Shall deal with all legal matters arising out of the implementation of the Scheme.