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Poverty keeps char children off school in Lalmonirhat

Children in Lalmonirhat char areas are being deprived of education as their parents have sent them to income generating works for earning their livelihood. Utter poverty has forced most of the parents in the char areas to send their children to work for earning livelihood, local people said. Besides, many parents in char areas do no want their children to go to schools as they have no knowledge about the importance of education. According to River Map, a local non-government organisation, about 10,000 children,