Apart from the financial allocations which the students benefit directly from, the Government of Niger supports parents of pupils through support in kind, particularly the distribution of school food and school textbooks. The material aspect is in the form of a kit made up of a school bag, exercise books, a mathematical set and a sports wear. There are also the award of Excellence Prizes and Encouragements to best students who are girls.  Establishment of Rural Colleges This is carried out in order to bring pupils closer to their biological families and to resolve the livelihood problems faced by the pupils in general and girls in particular.  Awareness Raising Campaigns These are carried out regularly among local communities, religious and customary leaders, school authorities, the COGES, school boys and girls in order to minimize their resistance to the enrolment of girls.  Training of Teachers More than 600 female and male teachers were trained in 2018-2019 in the area of gender dimension, human rights, comprehensive sexual education, gender-based violence in schools. Adopt legislative, corrective and positive measures to eradicate all forms of harmful customary practices that are inimical to women 544. These measures and many others aimed at protecting women have been developed extensively in paragraph 260 supra. Reinforce the protection of children and fight against their exploitation in all its forms. 545. As part of this reinforcement, in addition to the measures outlined in the previous report, a Decree on the reporting modalities on children at risk is in the process of adoption. It provides for two (2) types of reporting, namely:  The administrative form of reporting where it is the result of a multi-disciplinary assessment of the situation from health facilities, educational and social assistance institutions coming up with signs of maltreatment;  The judicial form of reporting which is when serious physical abuses, sexual violence have been found out on a child and where protection measures are urgently required. Adopt laws and administrative and other measures in order to combat child marriages. 546. In order to deal with child marriages and promote marriages after 18 years, a lot of efforts have been provided and are still continuing. The following can be mentioned, among others:  The launch of the national campaign in December 2014 following that of the African Union;  The adoption of Decree No. 2017-935/PRN/MEP/APLN/EC/MES of 5/12/2017 on the protection, support and assistance to the girl child still attending school;  The organization of a high-level meeting of experts in the area of child protection during the First Ladies’ Summit in Niamey in July 2019;  The rapid analysis of the phenomenon of child marriages in Niger;  The development of a social dialogue guide on child marriages for the use of social workers;  The adoption of a Strategic Plan to bring child marriages to a stop and the establishment of Protection Committees designed to implement Decree No. 2019-369/ PRN /MPF/PE of 19 JULY 2019; 109