TEEN COUPLE SUSPENDED FOR ‘MARRIAGE PROPOSAL’ RETURN TO CLASS

Education campaigners in South Africa have criticised a school for suspending two pupils after their marriage proposal on the school grounds, reports the Sowetan Live.

The 18-year-old boy proposed to his 16-year-old girlfriend last month at Tholulwazi Secondary School in Gauteng province.

The girl’s mother told the Sowetan Live news site that the school forced the children to call off their engagement, adding:

The Sowetan Live quotes a spokesperson for the National Association of School Governing Bodies, Matakanye Matakanya, as saying the school was right to take action:

The BBC reports that South African Home Affairs spokesman Thabo Mokgola has pointed out that the couple can legally marry, provided the 16-year-old receives parental consent.

The couple are still together in a relationship, the Sowetan Live quotes the girl’s grandmother as saying.

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