The way the teachers learned about child marriage
Headmaster Abdul Latif said, this time there were 6 SSC candidates from the school. Of these, 48 have filled the form, the remaining 21 are not filling the form, the teachers can go from house to house to find out, every girl has been secretly married. Child marriage information of 10th, 9th and 8th class girls was seized as they did not submit assignments. He said that when the families were contacted, they were informed that the girls were married and they would not study anymore.
The headmaster added that two months ago, he sent a list of 48 students getting married to the district education officer’s office. This number has increased further in the last two months.
However, according to the headmaster, some of those who have had child marriages have joined the school coaching.
Alipur Union government-announced child marriage prevention committee member Alipur East Para Sunni Mosque Khatib and local Kazi. Rezaul Karim told Prothom Alo that child marriage is not registered as it is not legal. Duplicate registration forms are illegally sold by various shops. Some Maulana Kazi Sage taught marriage in those fake forms.
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