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The state government funds the education of tribal students studying in these private schools through a decade-old scheme.“The government started the ‘Namankit Shala Pravesh’ scheme some ten years ago with the intention of offering tribal students quality education in English medium schools. In some schools, such as Bhonsala Military School, tribal students have secured top scores,” he said. As part of this, the tribal students are admitted to private English schools and the government bears all the expenses up to Rs 75,000 per child a year. According to our estimate, the number of the tribal students taking admission in well-known English medium schools will cross 22,000 in 2018-19,” Sakhare added.According to the officials, the number of applications from tribal students is also increasing. “Many private schools have better facilities than the government ashramshalas..