At 14, Badwap is a sophomore at Lakshmiram High School, a bustling institution where traditional subjects sit side‑by‑side with coding clubs and social‑media trends. His mornings begin with a hurried breakfast, a quick scroll through TikTok, and a bus ride that doubles as a moving classroom of gossip and music.

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| Area | Suggested Action | |------|------------------| | | • Implement targeted scholarship or conditional cash‑transfer schemes for girls. • Strengthen transition support (counselling, bridge programmes) between primary and secondary levels. | | Health | • Conduct school‑based HPV vaccination campaigns. • Integrate nutrition screening into routine school health checks. | | Child Protection | • Develop community awareness sessions on the risks of child labour and early marriage. • Establish a local monitoring committee (teachers, parents, health workers). | | Digital Inclusion | • Partner with telecom providers for subsidised data plans for adolescents. • Set up community digital hubs (e.g., school computer labs) with after‑school access. | | Data System Strengthening | • Create a geo‑referenced “Adolescent Dashboard” at the Badwap level, refreshed annually. • Train local data officers on age‑disaggregated data collection and use. |