Most 13yos are trying to get out of school. Duli is trying to get out of her wedding.

While most kids are desperately trying to get out of school, this young girl is trying to get out of her wedding.

At 13, Duli Hembrom should be busy with homework, sports and daydreaming about her latest crush.

Instead, she is busy devising a last-minute bid to put an end to her arranged marriage.

She is a child bride in an industrial city in India’s east.

Barely a teenager, Duli has written a letter begging her school principal to save her from the pending nuptials because her parents won’t.

According to the India Times, the Year 9 wrote:  “My parents have fixed my wedding… I do not want to get married, I took an oath at the time of admission that I will not get married before I turn 18. I do not wish to get married early.”

She asked the principal of Jamshedpur’s Milan Mithi High School in eastern India to stop the wedding “whichever way possible”.

It is believed the oath refers to a promise she made to the school when she started.

Indian laws ban the marriage of children, specifying that a girl must be 18 and a boy 21 before they can wed.

However, the practice is still common in India, especially in rural areas.

The country has the second highest number of child marriages, according to a UN report.

Official local records show more than 51 per cent of girls in the state of Jharkhand get married before they are 18.

Duli’s father Lachhu Hembrom justified his decision, telling the Hindustan Times child marriage was a cultural phenomenon in their society.

He said it was difficult to find a suitable match for a grown-up girl.

We’re hoping a miracle stops this brave student from becoming yet another heartbreaking statistic.