The document discusses child labor, defining it as the employment of children in exploitative conditions, and classifies it into various types, including migrant and bonded labor. It highlights the global magnitude of the issue, noting significant statistics from developing countries, especially India, where millions of children are engaged in various sectors under harsh conditions. The document also addresses the causes of child labor and suggests prevention measures, emphasizing the importance of education and awareness in eradicating this problem.

2.  What is child labour
 Types of child labour
 Magnitude of child labour
 Major sectors of child labour
 Major causes of child labour
 Significant consequences of child labour
 Prevention of Child labour

3.  It is the employment of children in an
industry or business, especially when
illegal or considered exploitative.
In simple words, child labour can be
explained as an act where homeless and
needful children are made to work under
difficult conditions to earn a living.

5. UNICEF has classified child work into
three categories:
 Within the Family
 Within the Family but outside the Home
 Outside the Family
 Migrant Child Labour
 Bonded Child Labour
 Invisible Child Labour.

6. GLOBAL :
According to International Labour Organization's
Bureau of Statistics (1998), there are 250-
million child labourers in the age group 5-14 in
the developing countries. Of them, 120 million
children are working full time and are engaged
in hazardous and exploitative occupations.

7. INDIA :
In India, according to 1991 census there
were 11.29 million child workers. National
sample survey figures for the year 1999-
2000 indicated that there were 10.4 million
child labourers.

8. Child labour in
India

10. Children work as a part of family labour or
as wage earners, sometimes as migrant
labour. Very often they remain invisible
and in bondage. They are found in all the
three sectors of the economy i.e. the
Agrarian, manufacturing and Service
sectors.

11.  In rural area children are engaged in
agricultural and allied occupations as a
part of family labour or as individual
workers. They may work as paid or unpaid
workers in different forms:
 Migrant Labour
 Invisible Labour
 Bonded Labour

12. Children are engaged in various manufacturing
process of different Home-based industries such
as Brassware, Lock, Match and Fire works etc.
Very often they work in sub-human conditions and
in exploitative situation. They may be working as:
 Migrant Labour
 Invisible Labour
 Wage Labour
 Self employed children

13.  Self-employed Labour
 Invisible Labour
 Wage-based employment

14.  Poverty
 Parental illiteracy
 Tradition of making children learn the
family skills
 Absence of universal compulsory Primary
education
 Social apathy and tolerance of child
labour
 Ignorance of the parents about the
adverse consequences of Child labour

15.  Ineffective enforcement of the legal
provisions pertaining to child labour
 Non-availability of and non-accessibility to
schools
 Irrelevant and non-attractive school
curriculum
 Employers prefer children as they constitute
cheap labour and they are not able to
organize themselves against exploitation.

16.  Stunted growth of future generation
 Inability to harness human resources
 Inability to contribute to development
 Inability to benefit from development
 Adult unemployment
Contd.

17.  Persistence of child labour
 Perpetuation of economic inequality
 Increased abuse of children
 Increased illiteracy
 Perpetuation of poverty
Contd.

18.  Malnourished and sick citizens
 Perpetuation of ill treatment
 Wasted human resources
 Wasted human talents and skills
 Scientists, artists and persons of eminence
lost to child labour

19. • Help children understand their rights and the
importance of education.
• Stop children from working in dangerous
places.
• Help working children to leave work and go to
school or be trained.
• Raise awareness about the dangers of child
labor to children’s development.

20.  Learn about your rights and, in particular,
your right to peace and education.
• Participate in peace-building projects.
• Promote education and skills training needs
of adolescents and youth.
• Organize discussions at home and in school.
• Commemorate the World Day Against Child
Labor on 12 June each year
Steps that young people and
children can undertake –

24.  Teacher –
 Ppt. Made by – Ayush Dubey
Group Members-
 Rajat goyal
 Siddhanth pruthi
 Akshat sharma
 Bharat
 Vishal yadav