lucknow targeting to launch the first session in atal residential schools by july this year the state government is set to start the admission process for these special educational institutesthe schools are meant for children of registered labourers and workers who have poor financial means and often require travelling to work and for children who lost their parents during the covid19 pandemic the government is making 18 such schools one in each divisionthe schools are going to be operated by the uttar pradesh building and other construction workers welfare boardthe total capacity of the schools will be 1000 children with each school to admit a maximum of 80 students half of which will be girls under reservation 27 seats will be reserved for obcs 21 for scs and 2 for stswe will be admitting students to class 6 from the 202324 session admission will take place in about six schools for the time being as others are in various stages of completion there will be an entrance test after which the final list will be issued said a government spokespersonchildren of labourers will be required to give the labour department the registration number of their parent or guardian they will get the option to take the exam in both hindi and english languages it will be mandatory for them to mention the category under which they are applying and whether they come from general or scst category the selection process of students will be carried out by a steering monitoring committee at the division level through the financial monitoring committee constituted under the leadership of the district magistrate