Child Labour
Child
Labour
Judit
Liyara (B.Ed. English)
Avila
college of Education
EdaKochi
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Abstract
Child
labour is a social evil prevailing in our society. There is an old saying that
goes ‘The child is the father of man’. It simply translates that childhood is
the formative period when a man’s character is shaped, traits are built and
values inculcated. Quality of life at this stage assumes great importance in
the light that today’s children are tomorrow’s adults and would soon be key
players in the future society. Deprivation takes the form of lack of quality
time with family, absence of personalized love and a sympathetic ear in the
efficient countries.
Introduction
Child labour is integrated part of labour force,
especially in poor countries. These children are the most deprived of
population forced to enter labour market at a tender age to earn something to
contribute to family work, sacrificing personal development. Poverty caused
with rapidly growing population and increasing dependency loud are behind the
incidents of children, employment in village and towns of developing countries.
The exploitive structure and lopsided development.
Child labour hamper the
normal, physical, intellectual. Emotional and moral development of a child,
children who are in the growing process can permanently desert or describe
their bodies when they carry heavy load or are forced to adopt in natural
positions at work for long hours. Children are more vulnerable because they are
less resistant to diseases and suffer more readily.
Need
and Significance
In India, child labour is not a new phenomenon,
it has been in existence since time immemorial in one form or the other and has
been changing from time to time. With the advent of industrialisation and urbanization
in the early 19th century, the factory and industry began taking the
place of handicrafts. Agriculture became more mechanised. This gave rise to
landless labourers. And consequently, there was an unbroken stream of the rural
poor migrant to urban centres in search of livelihood. Factory, on the other
hand required cheap and potential labour.
Aims
and objectives
· To
know the prevailing social evil existing in the society.
· To
know about child labour
Methodology
The content analysis methodology was adopted for
preparing this article. Various other articles on child labour were also
analysed to prepare this article. The data from internet sources were also put
into use.
Theoretical
overview: Child Labour
Child labour is a complex issue, it raises
questions that are difficult to answer, it has no simplistic solutions and
needs to be tackled at different levels. India is a signatory to the both the
UV Convention and ILO that strictly ban employing children below the age of 14,
closer home we have the Child Labour Act of 1986. In many other cases the law
breakers close with impurity with a concept and insensitive official machinery
looking the other way and making a mockery of the legal process. The fact that
the exploited have no other choice and are willing to readily give themselves
up to the exploitations than starve make it difficult to liberate them. Non-government
bodies like the centre of concern for child labour, social awareness
organization and pressure from organizations from abroad in the form of banning
import of product made with child labour have had a better impact in curbing
the menace of child labour or improving their working condition than the child
labour laws which exist only on paper or their enforcers.
Implications
of the study
· Child
labour is not only a social problem but also an economy.
· Watching
a young child work for fourteen hours a day is what is termed as child labour.
· Child
labour has a predominant feature in Indian society.
· Carpet
industry requires the fine little fingers to weave the finest of knots to
create the most expensive of carpets.
· Fire
cracker industry probably prefers kids to men because they are cost effective
and more efficient.
· Even
household labour children last longer and are more honest than adults; is a
claim made by most homemakers.
· Children
born out of wedlock, children with no parents and relatives often do not find
anyone to support them.
· This
is a root cause for the problem. Even in family is very poor, the incidence of
child labour will be very low unless there are people willing to exploit the
children.
Conclusion
Child labour has been a big social issue which interferes
the nations development to a great extent. As we all know that children become
the future of the country so why people are using child labour only for their
small benefits. Child labour withdraws small children from their sweet and
memorable childhood. It interferes with their regular schooling as it disturbs
them mentally, physically, socially and morally.
References
· https://www.childlineindia.org.in/
· https://en.reset.org/knowledge/
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