The statement Children are the future of the nation does not make sense. Education empowers children and evolves them better citizens.
Officially and legally speaking, anyone employing a child below 14 years of age attracts a maximum jail term of three years of a fine of up to Rs 50,000. But the fact of the matter is, not many understand that such laws remain only on paper, and are very weakly enforced. So far, government statistics point to around 17 million child labourers in India. Unofficially, the number is believed to be closer to the 100 million mark. Typically, industries like carpet-making, gemstone polishing, silk, fireworks, etc., are guilty of patronising child labour because of their deft fingers and the fact that children are non-unionised, hence becoming instant victims to bullying. And let’s not forget the millions of children who are forced to work in hotels, garages and households – the child labour we see every day. These children have no access to education; respect and dignity thus become victims of lost childhood.
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/standpoint-child-labour-an-accepted-endemic-reality-in-india-1973768
Dear Lala,
We are discussing about it continually: good and equal education, sustainable environment and ethical views to respect the nature and other people!
Officially and legally speaking, anyone employing a child below 14 years of age attracts a maximum jail term of three years of a fine of up to Rs 50,000. But the fact of the matter is, not many understand that such laws remain only on paper, and are very weakly enforced. So far, government statistics point to around 17 million child labourers in India. Unofficially, the number is believed to be closer to the 100 million mark. Typically, industries like carpet-making, gemstone polishing, silk, fireworks, etc., are guilty of patronising child labour because of their deft fingers and the fact that children are non-unionised, hence becoming instant victims to bullying. And let’s not forget the millions of children who are forced to work in hotels, garages and households – the child labour we see every day. These children have no access to education; respect and dignity thus become victims of lost childhood.
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/standpoint-child-labour-an-accepted-endemic-reality-in-india-1973768
Do not do what you personally don't want that other people do to you!
Dear Lala,
In Europe we can do only so much that we do not buy products made by children and sign petitions against children work.
THE MILLENNIUM
development. GOALS (MDGS)
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a set of eight specific goals which Ireland, along with 188 other countries, agreed upon in
the year 2000 as a framework for eliminating poverty and promoting fair and sustainable development.
THE EIGHT MDGS ARE TO:
1 eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2 achieve universal primary education
3 promote gender equality and empower women
4 reduce child mortality
5 improve maternal health
6 combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7 ensure environmental sustainability
8 develop a global partnership for development
http://ourworldirishaidawards.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Irish-Aid-2014-Teachers-Brochure.pdf
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