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4TH INDEPENDENT THOUGHT NATIONAL LEGAL ESSAY COMPETITION, 2015
Maximum words: 4000 approx.
Author:
Pratik Giri
Student, NLIU, Batch 2015-2020
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CHILD LABOUR AND RIGHT TO EDUCATION
“We recognize and respect the human dignity of every child.”
- Inter-parliamentary debate on child labour
Notwithstanding these sorts of debate and workshop being held and statements made, the question remains same, how far have we succeeded in eliminating the plight of children?
Child labour in its existing form is one of the core concerns of every country or organization; we need to …show more content…

No doubt poverty is one of the biggest cause of the persisting child labour around the globe and many believe that to eliminate child labour, we have to eliminate poverty itself, while at the same time another school of thought believes that the root cause of child labour is adults taking unscrupulous advantage of the innocent little minds and according to people with this thought child labour can be eliminated by stricter enforcement of the laws and orders by government.5 Illiteracy among the weaker section of society is yet another cause linked to the worst forms of child labour. The tradition that the children must learn the ancestral work of the family at very tender age as they have to join the same work without having a concern about the interest and education of the child is yet another stereotype deeply rooted to …show more content…

The idea that girls need less education than boys restrain them even from having the right of the basic education and are forced to work at home or as domestic worker or at worse sold as a sex worker, where the girls act as the slaves of their master. 5 www.ipu.org/PDF/publications/childlabour_en.pdf. last visited on 20.10.2015 at 11:10 p.m 6 Ibid
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Taking in cognizance, the idea is proposed by the International labour organization, ILO, regarding the nimble finger which plays an important role in the increasing child labour. Lack of information about the child and human rights among children, they become an easy source of cheap labour than adult. The most common explanation is the alleged irreplaceable skills of a child as compared to adults as they are less troublesome and can be hired and fired at will.
As a result of the factors mentioned, a vast number of children enter into this trap at a very early age and thus lack the educational grounding which remains the lacuna throughout their life which abstain them from getting out of these shackles and lead a better adult life.
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