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More boarding schools key to curbing early marriages

Butere Girls High School students. The school has already enrolled 460 students where the school lacks enough domitories.

Early marriages are responsible for 22 out of every 100 children not in school, a new survey has shown.

The survey by the Ministry of Education highlights the key factors frustrating government efforts to promote access and transition in schools, especially among vulnerable and marginalised communities.

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