INTRODUCTION

Child labour is work carried out by children

under the age of 18 that in any way exploits
them, causes them mental, physical or social
harm, or places them in moral danger. It is
work that interferes that blocks their access
to education.
In villages, it is a common sight to see
children of poor families working in fields or
elsewhere to contribute to the family income.
Such children are deprived of opportunities of
education and are also prone to health risk.

In a sense child labour is open exploitation

as it deprives children at education and
pushes them into exploitative situtations.
The side-effects of working at a young age
are risks of contracting occupational
diseases like skin disease , respiratory
diseases, disease related to eyes, etc. They
grow up unable to avail development
opportunities and end up as unskilled
workers for rest of their lives .
WHAT IS CHILD LABOUR
?

Exploitation of children through any form of

work that deprives their childhood, interfers
with their ability to attend regular school and
is mentally , physically , socially or morally
harmful.

START STOP CHILD LABOUR

EDUCATION
WHY DOES CHILD
LABOUR EXIST ?
 Poverty and economic disadvantage
OR
To icrease the income of a poor family :-
Around 16.4% of the country’s total population
is leading a life below the poverty line as per
the data of survey conducted between 2019-
2021. People are deprived of basic necessities
of life like clothing , shelter , food , education
and medication. The children then have no
option left other than to work for their survival.

 To reduce the labour cost in a production

organization.
 Lack of basic requirements for children by the
governments.
 Inadequate social control gives rise to the child
labour in the agriculture or domestic work.
 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
IT CONTINUES ?
Children who work,
fail to get necessary
education. They do not
get the opportunity to
develop physically,
intellectually,
emotionally and
psychologically.
In terms of physical condition of
children, they are not ready for long
monotonous work because they
become exhausted more quickly than
adults. This reduces their physical
condition and make the children
more vulnerable to disease.

Children who are working in hazardous conditions are even in

worse condition
Children wo work instead of going to school, will remain illiterate
which limits their ability to contribute to their own well being as
well as to community they live in.
Child labour undoubtly results in a trade off with human optimal
accumulations.
CHILDREN WORK IN
AGRICULTURE MORE THAN 7 0 %
Millions of
children do
work in
child labour.
They work
in fields,
factories,
down mines
INDUSTRY APPROXIMATELY 3 .4 8 % as servants
or maidens
or selling
goods in the
street or at
markets.
Girls are
likely than
SERVICES MORE THAN 1 0 % boys to do
domestic
works such
as cleaning,
making food
and serving.