On March 1, talking to reporters, Mr. Nguyen Trong Hoan - Chief of Office of Nghe An Department of Education and Training - said that the unit has grasped information about two 8th grade female students in Na Loi commune dropping out of school to get married and is coordinating to handle it.
According to Mr. Nguyen Trong Hoan, immediately after grasping the information, the Department requested the school to report specifically on the incident. "Based on the report, the Department will have appropriate direction and direction," Mr. Hoan informed.
Nghe An Department of Education and Training said that early marriage associated with the custom of "kidnapping wives" still occurs in some mountainous areas in the west of the province. This reality once led to some secondary and high school students dropping out of school to marry, directly affecting their health, learning rights and future.
However, according to Mr. Hoan, in recent years, the education sector has coordinated with local authorities and functional agencies to strengthen propaganda and mobilization, contributing to preventing and reducing early marriage. The phenomenon of early marriage in school age is now only isolated.
After this incident, the education sector will continue to coordinate with localities to promote propaganda and mobilize students and people, towards the goal of preventing early marriage in school age," Mr. Hoan said.
Mr. Nguyen Trong Hoan added that in the past time, the Nghe An education sector has actively implemented professional tasks to improve the quality of comprehensive education, especially in mountainous areas. The rate of good and excellent students in mountainous areas has gradually been improved; career guidance, vocational training, and job creation have been focused on, contributing to narrowing the gap between mountainous education and delta and urban areas and sustainably improving people's lives.
As Lao Dong newspaper has reported, two 8th grade students of Na Loi Ethnic Minority Boarding Secondary School, Na Loi commune were organized to "kidnap wives" according to local customs. The two students reside in Noong Han village, dropping out of school before completing the secondary school program.
