Joti KaurPromising graduate to be of 2014
Joti, she has recently passed 9th grade board exam (external). She is in grade 10 now. She is expected to be our next school graduate in 2014. She’s hardworking and determined to continue her studies despite her domestic problems. It is a common practice among Sikh and Hindu community of Hassanabdal to arrange the marriage of their daughters as soon as they reach the age of 15. They are forced by the parents to quit studies and get married. Parents also come under peer pressure to marry their daughters in young age.
