UP Atal Residential School Scheme: The Uttar Pradesh government has taken a wonderful initiative for the better future of daughters from economically weaker families and construction workers. Under the 'Atal Awashya Vidyalaya Yojna' launched in the state, needy children are being provided completely free education from class 6 to 12. Launched on the lines of Navodaya Vidyalayas the objective of this scheme is to deliver quality education to those children whose families are unable to afford the expenses of education due to financial distress.

Facilities Provided Under the Scheme
Under this scheme, education from classes 6 to 12 is provided completely free of cost on the CBSE pattern. Along with this accommodation facilities in modern hostels and nutritious foods are given absolutely free. Furthermore, the government provides books, stationery, school bags, uniforms, footwear, and sports equipment free of charge. Meanwhile facilities like digital classrooms, science labs, computer labs and large sports grounds are available in the schools.

Who Can Apply
To take advantage of this scheme, the student's parents must be registered workers with the 'Uttar Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board'.  Apart from this children orphaned during the Corona period or children eligible under the 'Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana', are also eligible for this. Let is be known a maximum of two children of a registered worker can take advantage of this scheme, and the age of child should usually be between 6 to 16 years. Apart from this passing class 5 is mandatory for admission to class 6 and passing class 8 is mandatory for admission to class 9.

Selection Process
Admission to these schools is not direct but takes place through a transparent state-level selection examination. objective-type questions are asked in the examination associated wwith this scheme.

How To Apply
You can apply both online or offline for this scheme. For apply online, you can apply after gathering information from the relevant district websites of the Uttar Pradesh government or the official website of the Labour Department. To Apply offline, you can obtain a form from the nearest labour office, the office of the Tehsil’s Tehsildar, or the office of the Block Development Officer, and submit it after filling it out.