Child labour

« CHILD LABOUR A social crime Project by Bebic Shejo CONTENTS Today we will discuss and try to answer the WHAT WHEN WHY HOW Is did sh i l bo a To CHILD LABOUR WHAT IS CHILD LABOUR ? • The International labour Organization (ILO) characterizes child work as work that denies offspring of their youth, their potential and their poise, and that is destructive to their physical and mental improvement.. • Any work done by children under the age of 15 and dangerous work done by children under the age of 18 is illegal. SOWHEN DID IT BEGIN? • Hirings children under the age of 14 and younger began during with Industrial revolution in the 18th century. • Child labour is not a new phenomenon to our age, it has existed in one form or another in all historical times" children in India have been associated with work from time immemorial • Literary evidence show that child labour existed in India since 3rd century B.C. WHY CHILD LABOUR STILL PREVAILS ? •Poverty is the main reason.

Children from large families are more likely to be at work than those from small families, simply because the parents' income is quite insufficient to support a large family. •From an employer point of view, It is convenient to employ children than adults because : low wages, can be forced to work for long hours. • The education provided by schools is often not perceived by children or their parents to be a viable alternative to work.

For many families, schooling is simply unaffordable.

Even when it is "free" it involves a perceived opportunity cost of the income foregone when a child is at school rather than at work. •Many parents still think that girls are better prepared for adult life by sending them to work rather than sending them to schools. Policies to Eradicate CHILD LABOUR 194 8 • The Factories Act • The Minimum wages act 195The Mines Act 2 The child labour 198 (Prohibition and 6 Regulation) Act It has following targets: -To restrict the involvement of kids in specific occupations. - To mange the state of work of youngsters in certain different occupations. Juvenile Justice 200 (Care and Protection of 0 Children) Act The Right to Free and 200 Compulsory 9 Education Act Child Labour 201 (Prohibition 6and.... »