PTM platform in Odisha faculties to construct consciousness on baby marriage amongst lecturers, dad and mom

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Furthering its efforts in direction of stopping baby marriages within the State, the Women and Child Development (WCD) division has determined to take up the problem with dad and mom of tribal and SC college students.

It has urged the SC and ST Development division to incorporate ‘prevention of kid marriages’ agenda in parent-teacher conferences in all its faculties henceforth. “Such meetings are an effective platform in  mobilising communities and sensitising teachers, students and their  families in ill-effects of early marriages,” mentioned a Women and Child Development letter to the tribal welfare division on Monday.

The Odisha authorities has determined to cut back baby marriages for ladies  from 21.3 computer to 10 computer and from 11 computer to six computer for boys by 2024 and  utterly finish early marriages in Odisha by 2030. And for the aim,  all of the district administrations are initiating district-specific measures laid down within the State Strategic Action Plan (2019-2024) which was rolled  out in October 2019.

The WCD division’s resolution to achieve out to tribal and SC  group dad and mom comes within the wake of districts dominated by tribal  and SC inhabitants reporting excessive incidence of minor marriages. According to the National Family Health Survey-5, 12 districts in Odisha  nonetheless have the next share of kid marriages compared to the  nationwide common of 23.3 per cent.

They are Nabarangpur 39.4 per cent, Nayagarh 35.7, Koraput 35.5, Malkangiri 32.4, Rayagada 33.2, Mayurbhanj 31.3,  Keonjhar 29, Gajapati 28.1, Balasore 26.4, Boudh 25.3, Angul 25 and  Dhenkanal 23.7.

“Since children of these communities are still victims of early marriage, we have decided to approach their parents through the SC and ST Development department. We have given the department an agenda of  key points on preventing child marriages and provisions of Prohibition  of Child Marriage Act, 2006 which will be discussed at the parent  teacher meetings,” mentioned the next official of WCD division.