Three boys, who were allegedly denied schooling and kept captive at home by their parents near here for years, will be given formal education, officials said today.
"The children will soon start schooling at the campus of the Child Welfare Committee," an official said after the children along with their mother reported before the committee today.
A decision on whether the children should be sent back home to continue their study in school will be taken after giving them proper counselling and seeking expert opinion, said the official representing the Ernakulam district child welfare committee.
The children, aged 12, 9 and 6 years, were not given mandatory primary education by their parents as they allegedly wanted them to be "imparted Islamic education."
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