By the Students of Himjyoti School
Child Labour is one of the major causes of under-development of a country. India is the second most populated country and child labour is deep rooted in India. Poverty makes people indulge in undesirable activities like thieving and encourages poor parents to send their children at a young age for work as labourers. Some children work as domestic servants, others as ‘coolies’ at construction sites and yet others in factories, mills or industries. Those who do not find work beg on the streets of the city and search in garbage bins for food or wait patiently outside hotels and restaurants for some measly morsel to fall their way, as food is one of the basic needs of human beings.
Child labour is now a major concern and to eradicate this evil the Indian Government has passed many laws. These include compulsory and free education for children below 14 years of age; no child below 14 should be employed in mines and industries where they inhale noxious gases and their physical growth is stunted. Even though these children work hard, they barely get enough money to buy two meals a day.
Life is strange and full of difficulties. Residing in a great school like Himjyoti, we should gratefully acknowledge our luck and opportunities offered to us.
Child labour is now a major concern and to eradicate this evil the Indian Government has passed many laws. These include compulsory and free education for children below 14 years of age; no child below 14 should be employed in mines and industries where they inhale noxious gases and their physical growth is stunted. Even though these children work hard, they barely get enough money to buy two meals a day.
Life is strange and full of difficulties. Residing in a great school like Himjyoti, we should gratefully acknowledge our luck and opportunities offered to us.
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