Child Labour
Good morning respected teachers and dear friends, my objective today is to talk about the social evil of child labour in our country.
Child labor in India is a human right issue for the whole world. It is a serious and extensive problem, with many children under the age of fourteen working in carpet making factories, glass blowing units and making fireworks. According to the statistics given by Indian government there are 20 million child laborers in the country, while other agencies claim that it is 50 million.
In Northern India the exploitation of little children for labor is an accepted practice and perceived by the local population as a necessity to alleviate poverty. Carpet weaving industries pay very low wages to child laborers and make them work for long hours in unhygienic conditions. Children working in such units are mainly migrant workers from Northern India, who are sent here by their families to earn some money and send it to them. Their families dependence on their income, forces them to endure the burdensome work conditions in the carpet factories.
The situation of child laborers in India is desperate. Children work for eight hours at a stretch with only a small break for meals. The meals are also frugal and the children are ill nourished. Most of the migrant children who cannot go home, sleep at their work place, which is very bad for their health and development. Children in rural families who are ailing with poverty perceive their children as an income generating resource to supplement the family income. Parents sacrifice their children’s education to the growing needs of their younger siblings in such families and view them as wage earners for the entire clan. for our country to progress this coming generation needs to be educated. only be diminishing this problem of child labour, all children will have a chance at being educated, healthy and giving them a better life they deserve. so lets discourage this social evil, lets say no to child
Child labor in India is a human right issue for the whole world. It is a serious and extensive problem, with many children under the age of fourteen working in carpet making factories, glass blowing units and making fireworks. According to the statistics given by Indian government there are 20 million child laborers in the country, while other agencies claim that it is 50 million.
In Northern India the exploitation of little children for labor is an accepted practice and perceived by the local population as a necessity to alleviate poverty. Carpet weaving industries pay very low wages to child laborers and make them work for long hours in unhygienic conditions. Children working in such units are mainly migrant workers from Northern India, who are sent here by their families to earn some money and send it to them. Their families dependence on their income, forces them to endure the burdensome work conditions in the carpet factories.
The situation of child laborers in India is desperate. Children work for eight hours at a stretch with only a small break for meals. The meals are also frugal and the children are ill nourished. Most of the migrant children who cannot go home, sleep at their work place, which is very bad for their health and development. Children in rural families who are ailing with poverty perceive their children as an income generating resource to supplement the family income. Parents sacrifice their children’s education to the growing needs of their younger siblings in such families and view them as wage earners for the entire clan. for our country to progress this coming generation needs to be educated. only be diminishing this problem of child labour, all children will have a chance at being educated, healthy and giving them a better life they deserve. so lets discourage this social evil, lets say no to child