Child Labour
CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR
• Poverty
• Parental illiteracy
• Tradition of making children learn the family skills
• Absence of universal compulsory Primary education
• Social apathy and tolerance of child labour
• Ignorance of the parents about the adverse consequences of Child labour
• Ineffective enforcement of the legal provisions pertaining to child labour
• Non-availability of and non-accessibility to schools
• Irrelevant and non-attractive school curriculum
• Employers prefer children as they constitute cheap labour and they are not able to organize themselves against exploitation.
Causes of Child Labour
Some common causes of child labor are poverty, parental illiteracy, social apathy, ignorance, lack of education and exposure, exploitation of cheap and unorganized labor. The family practice to inculcate traditional skills in children also pulls little ones inexorably in the trap of child labor, as they never get the opportunity to learn anything else.
Absence of compulsory education at the primary level, parental ignorance regarding the bad effects of child labor, the ineffictivity of child labor laws in terms of implementation, non availability and non accessibility of schools, boring and unpractical school curriculum and cheap child labor are some other factors which encourages the phenomenon of child labor. It is also very difficult for immature minds and undeveloped bodies to understand and organize them selves against exploitation in the absence of adult guidance.Poverty and over population have been identified as the two main causes of child labor. Parents are forced to send little children into hazardous jobs for reasons of survival, even when they know it is wrong. Monetary constraints and the need for food, shelter and clothing drives their children in the trap of premature labor. Over population in some regions creates paucity of resources. When there are limited means and more mouths to feed children are driven to commercial activities and not
• Poverty
• Parental illiteracy
• Tradition of making children learn the family skills
• Absence of universal compulsory Primary education
• Social apathy and tolerance of child labour
• Ignorance of the parents about the adverse consequences of Child labour
• Ineffective enforcement of the legal provisions pertaining to child labour
• Non-availability of and non-accessibility to schools
• Irrelevant and non-attractive school curriculum
• Employers prefer children as they constitute cheap labour and they are not able to organize themselves against exploitation.
Causes of Child Labour
Some common causes of child labor are poverty, parental illiteracy, social apathy, ignorance, lack of education and exposure, exploitation of cheap and unorganized labor. The family practice to inculcate traditional skills in children also pulls little ones inexorably in the trap of child labor, as they never get the opportunity to learn anything else.
Absence of compulsory education at the primary level, parental ignorance regarding the bad effects of child labor, the ineffictivity of child labor laws in terms of implementation, non availability and non accessibility of schools, boring and unpractical school curriculum and cheap child labor are some other factors which encourages the phenomenon of child labor. It is also very difficult for immature minds and undeveloped bodies to understand and organize them selves against exploitation in the absence of adult guidance.Poverty and over population have been identified as the two main causes of child labor. Parents are forced to send little children into hazardous jobs for reasons of survival, even when they know it is wrong. Monetary constraints and the need for food, shelter and clothing drives their children in the trap of premature labor. Over population in some regions creates paucity of resources. When there are limited means and more mouths to feed children are driven to commercial activities and not