Perspectives of Child Labour in Koraput District and Related Issues in Education at Primary Stage
Perspectives of Child Labour in Koraput District and Related Issues in Education at Primary Stage
Perspectives of Child Labour in Koraput District and Related Issues in Education at Primary Stage
ASSIGNMENT 1
TOPIC-
PERSPECTIVES OF CHILD LABOUR IN KORAPUT DISTRICT AND
RELATED ISSUES IN EDUCATION AT PRIMARY STAGE
INTRODUCTION
The word ‘Child Labour’ has been differently defined in various studies.
According to the committee on child labour, ‘Child labour’, however, can
broadly be defined as that segment of child population in work, either paid
or on unpaid. Child labour is a global phenomenon. Its magnitude and
dimensions, however, vary widely from country to country. India possesses
the largest child labourforce in the world despite various measures
undertaken by the government and non-governmental agencies to tackle
this issue. According to estimate there are over 60 million child labour is
India constituting nearly twenty five per cent of the working children of the
world.
India has all along followed a pro active policy in the matter of
handling problem of child labour. the framers of the Indian Constitution
incorporated relevant provisions under various articles in Part-III and IV so
as to protect childhood and youth against exploitation and ensure that no
child below the age of 14 years shall be employed to work in any factory,
mine or any hazardous employment. Besides, a plethora of national laws,
some dating back to the 1930s, offer protection from5 exploitation to India’s
working children. The Bonded Labourer System (Abolition) Act, 1976 and
Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 are the most significant
and far reaching of these laws. Despite all these provisions, the incidenc
of child labour continues to remain high in our country, particularly in rural
and tribal areas.
ii. To study the factors responsible for child labour amongst vulnerable
groups such as girls, and children belonging to SC and ST categories.
iii. To make an indepth study of each factor responsible for child labour
through case study, and to suggest measure to motivate children and their
parents against child labour.
2. The Special Schools for Child Labour are not provided with adequate
teaching-learning materials and furniture.
(a) State of Tamil Nadu should ensure that children are not employed in fire
work factories.
(b) The children employed in the match factories for packing purposes
should work in separate premises.
(c) Employers should let children work for more than 6 hours a day.
(f) Employers should make arrangements for providing basic diets for the
children and in case they fail to do so, the Government should provide for
basic diet to the children.
(h) All the workers working in the industry, whether in registered factories or
in unregistered factories, whether in cottage industry or on contract basis,
should be brought under the Insurance Scheme.