Besselia Area Chief in Wau County, Western Bahr El Ghazal announced punishing next year parents who refuse to register their girls to school.
Chief Peter Ismail Limbo told Voice of Hope that elders of the area are expected to meet the community to decide on the type of the punishment for parents who fail to take their daughters to school.
Chief Limbo disclosed that agricultural production this year would be very weak due to little rainfall and many youths engaged in charcoal production and trading.
He told the young people to embark on agriculture or face punishment.
Chief Limbo appealed to people to concentrate on education for national development.