Summary:
This will ensure free and compulsory education for young girls. Girls in the 12-18 age group required toilets and their absence forced many to drop out, it pointed out. Nearly two-fifths of TN women who marry young are between 11 and 15 years, shows a study. It is also the state’s duty to provide adequate infrastructure in schools so they don’t drop out. “Some had no access to schools in their localities or neighbourhoods and they just dropped out..