Comment on the need for the complete removal of child labour from our society.

Question

In the 19th century, the industrial workers of Europe had to face several hardships.

Let us read about the experiences of a child employed in an English coal mine “I have been working in these mines since I was four. Workers hew coal with pickaxes and fill the large wagons with it. Our job is to push these loaded wagons to the point from where horses or mules can haul them. This is a very difficult job. Hauling the loaded wagons through water and slush, and over very steep slopes, leaves us very tired. We have to work in this way for more than 12 hours a day. By the time we return home, we are so tired that we don’t even feel like eating. Yesterday, I fell asleep on my way home. My mother searched for me and carried me home. 

Comment on the need for the complete removal of child labour from our society.

Answer 1

1. The present children are future citizens. 

2. Below 14 years if they are working their childhood is exploited and their life span is less. 

3. If children are employed in hazardous work they effect by diseases and no longer work. 

4. Our country’s development is on children only. So with skill youth not available in India.