KUSHTIA: Marriage registrars could play a crucial role to protect children and prevent child marriage for ensuring their normal growth, education and empowerment.

The opinion came at a programme on ‘Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Material Distribution and Orientation on Child Protection’ held at the District Registrar’s Office here on Wednesday.

Sub-Registrar of Kushtia Sadar Subrata Kumar Singh, Sub-Registrar of Mirpur Md Rasel Mallik and Chief Assistant of Kushtia district registrar office Md Ibrahim Hossain, among others, were present on the event.