The hub for cracker production and calendar manufacturing has become a hotbed for teen pregnancies, with the number skyrocketing from 18 in 2014 to an alarming 126 in 2024.
Officials from the Social Welfare Department noted that the majority of such pregnancies stem from child marriages and over 80% of child marriages are due to elopement. They pointed out that dropping out of school majorly contributes to child marriage.
When TNIE analysed the high and higher secondary schools' potential school dropout survey (class 9 to class 12) in the district for the current academic year, with 338 dropouts Sivakasi again tops the list among the other blocks, accounting for 25.8% of the district's total dropouts.
This story is from the December 14, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Madurai.
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