Primary causes International Labour Organisation (ILO) suggests poverty is the greatest single cause behind child labour.[14] For impoverished households‚ income from a child’s work is usually crucial for his or her own survival or for that of the household. Income from working children‚ even if small‚ may be between 25 to 40% of these household income. Other scholars such as Harsch on African child labour‚ and Edmonds and Pavcnik on global child labour have reached the same conclusion.[13][52][53]
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CHILD LABOUR “The child is the father of man”. This famous line quoted by William Wordsworth refers to the importance of the child for the development of society as well as for the all round development of human race. Childhood is the time to garner the best physical‚ (ADJECTIVE) intellectual (ADJECTIVE) and emotional (ADJECTIVE) capacity to fulfill this duty towards the nation and to one’s own self. However‚ this simple rule of nature has been crippled by the ever growing menace of child
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Child labour in India Child labour in India is the practice where children engage in economic activity‚ on part or full-time basis. The practice deprives children of their childhood‚ and is harmful to their physical and mental development. Poverty‚ lack of good schools and growth of informal economy are considered as the important causes of child labour in India. The 2001 national census of India estimated the total number of child labour‚ aged 5–14‚ to be at 12.6 million.Child labor problem is
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Child Labor – A Challenge the World is Facing Childhood is the most innocent stage in a human life. It is that phase of life where a child is free from all the tensions‚ fun-loving‚ play and learns new things‚ and is the sweetheart of all the family members. But this is only one side of the story. The other side is full of tensions and burdens. Here‚ the innocent child is not the sweetheart of the family members‚ instead he is an earning machine working the entire day in order to satisfy the needs
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CHILD LABOUR Children are the most important asset of any nation. Each child is an asset to the society. The future welfare of society is closely related to the welfare of the child. Children are the future of the nation. They are flowers of our national garden. It is our duty to protect these flowers. Child labour is a socio-economic problem. Child labour is not a new phenomenon in India. From ancient times‚ children were required to do some work either at home or in the field along with their
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of their normal childhood like us. They cannot go to school or play with their friends like we do. They are denied opportunities for growth‚ development‚ learning etc. They are subjected to hard labour with meager wages. What is the reason for this? Poverty!‚ yes poverty is the main reason for Child Labour in India and in many developing countries. Children have to work all through the day and many times during night to feed themselves and to support their family. Most parents of these children are
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Why Child Labor should be stopped Child Labour is one of the saddest issues the world is facing. Many children all over the world start earning at the age which is actually meant to play‚ study and learn. This age is to enjoy and have fun with friends‚ and not to pull rickshaws or clean cars and autos. Child Labor deprives a child from the basic rightof education. Moreover‚ child labour is not the need of the society as well. Already most of the countries are facing unemployment and
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ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT TOPIC CHILD LABOUR CHILD LABOUR INTRODUCTION GOD has given human beings the boon of wisdom and discreation to think upon the signs of the universe and to draw conclusions. That is the reasons why they disclose the hidden facts of it and its structure.Children are the flowers of heaven they are the most beautiful and
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Child Labor One day my mom asked me‚ “Aishwarya‚ can you make a cup of tea for me?” I thought for a while and told her that Do you think I am a child labor whom you can exploit like this? She felt uneasy at my rude behaviour. I was expecting a reply from her But without saying even a single word she got up and made the tea herself. The reply came finally after few months when we were on vacation in India. Good evening judges and gavelliers‚ On a Sunday morning my mum took me out‚
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government in child labour Child labor is not an easy issue to resolve‚ it is globally. Children trading something on the streets‚ separated from families‚ kept out of schools‚ suffering from injuries‚ even dying because of hard work. It is something that should be changed. Therefore I agree that government should role this field. I choose to write about this theme‚ because government and society must do a lot more to help children. It would be great if government could reduce child labour to a minimum
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