The children say they have now got a taste of higher education and will urge their parents to refrain from marrying them young.
DINDIGUL: Eleven tribal children in the Sukkavali cluster in the Ayyalur forest range in the district will be the first from their villages to attend higher education as their education will be sponsored by Ponnammal Educational Trust. They also have been made ambassadors for slender loris, that thrive in the forest range, by SEEDS Trust.
Ponnammal Educational Trust will give Rs 1 lakh to each student through through SEEDS Trust. PAWS-Bosch has been funding slender loris conservation under its CSR activity through SEEDS Trust which has been interacting with students on nature conservation. The 11 students were appointed as student ambassadors for the slender loris conservation project in the area.