<i>A prompt, praiseworthy move saves Sandhya</i>
Early marriage stopped, her schooling to go ahead
A Class VIII student was saved from early marriage and her schooling was saved as well, thanks to the prompt intervention by the local upazila parishad chairman and the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO).
Sandhya Rani Roy, 13, daughter of Sumita Rani Roy and late Hapa Roy of Dublia Kalirbazar in Khansama upazila under Dinajpur, and a student of Hasimpur High School in the upazila, was preparing attending her Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination yesterday morning.
But mysteriously Sumita Rani asked her daughter not to go to school.
As the girl protested it and starting shouting, the mother told her that she fixed her marriage with Sumanto Cgandra Roy, son of Atul Chandra Roy of Hralalpara village under the same upazila, and it would be held on November 16.
Hearing this, the girls broke into tears.
Nazma Akter, a local girl, informed the chairman of Khansama Upazila Parishad of the matter and the latter immediately informed ATM Ziaul Islam, the UNO.
The UNO promptly came to Sandhya Rani's residence and persuaded her mother to refrain from the decision to marry off the girl until she reaches marriageable age. Afterwards, the mother allowed her daughter to attend the JSC examinations that started across the country yesterday.
"I am happy as the problem was solved within a short time," said the girl while talking with this correspondent over phone.
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