14-year-old girl rescued from child marriage

Agrawati, a 14-year old from Bisauli, Badaun was rescued from child marriage with the intervention of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) teacher. Currently studying in class 8 at KGBV Bisauli, Agrawati was scheduled to be married on 24 Feb by her parents but with the help of Archana, the teacher at KGBV, she was able to fight off the child marriage.

Agarwati (middle) with her teacher Archna (Right) The village Pradhan along with Agrawati's father, grand father and boy's father (who was to be married to Agrawati) were called at Agrawati's school by the school warden Mrs. Archana Sharma along with her staff to reason out Agrawati's marriage.