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9.4 Recommondatins for future research
Slnce thls was only a case study In a stngle wllage, much more work requtres to be
done on larger sale before general~stng the flndlngs The research also has to be
focused on spectfic Important problems In school age children brought out In the
current study llke malnutntlon, school dropout and educatlonal status of the girl chtld
Thls study has shown that school age chlldren have slgnlflcant morb~dlty Their
educatlonal and soual status are not satisfactory Further research IS required to see
whether lntetventfon In the field of health or improvement In the educatlonal system
would substantially alter the outcome It IS also very ~mportanto find out the type of
tntervent~on to be used at the community and the lndlvldual level in order to Improve the
soclal status especially the educatlonal status of the gtrl chlld