Question

What is child labour?What is the historical background to this practice?

Answer 1

Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organisations.

Answer 2

Child Labour is a condition , where small children go to work. Because of their economic problems.

It is being done in India on a large scale.

And it is banned too .

Ways to eradicate child labour :

By spreading awareness among people we can eradicate child labour.
Generally the child of poor families work as Child labour.
So , there must be more employment among the poor people.
Government should provide more jobs .
By reducing poverty we can eradicate the child labour.
By promoting education in the rural and Poor areas.
By supplying food in those rural and Poor families.
The National Population Policy 2000 strongly focused on this problem. It also takes many steps to eridicate the child labour.
It strongly focused on educating the children of age 6-14 .
It provides mid day meals also in government schools so that the children do not work for getting food.