National Child Labour Project - A Glimpse of Hope
Portraits of former child labourers, withdrawn from work and now enrolled in a National Child Labour Project school in Bhursu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
World Day Against Child Labour 12 June 2013
National Child Labour Project (NCLP, Govt. of India), in its 25 years of existence since 1988, only 8, 52,179 child labourers were withdrawn from work and sent to mainstream schools. Currently there are 7311 Special Schools in 266 districts.
Under the Scheme, child labour as defined under the schedule of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, are identified through a survey, withdrawn from work and put into the special schools, so as to provide them with enabling environment to join mainstream education system. In these Special Schools, besides formal education, they are provided stipend @ Rs.100/- per month, nutrition, vocational training and regular health check-ups. The Scheme also envisages awareness generation campaigns against the evils of child labour and enforcement of child labour laws.
A revamped NCLP programme with a proposed budget of INR Rs. 891 million (£11 million approx) bringing it in harmony with the right to education, it is envisaged would result in total abolition of child labour by the end of 12th Plan period.
Read: National Child Labour Project - A Critique
Abolition of Child Labour and Making Education a Reality for Every Child as a Right
India: Project helps child labourers return to school
CENSUS DATA on Child Labour 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001
Images of Bengal, India
I was part of a team of volunteers when I visited this school. My friends from Himalayan Medical Camp are working with them for years. On that day, all the children of the school received woollen sweaters just before the cold winter. We had lunch with the students and learned their experience.
Himalayan Medical Camp, a voluntary organisation of nature lovers and doctors, formed in 1992 by one of my friends, Milan Nag. This low-profile group of climber-activists has trekked in the clouds of the Himalayas on several occasions, treating some 3,000 villagers and carrying out over a hundred eye operations - all free of cost! For their sterling work, the group has earned the praise of such legendary climbers as Edmund Hillary and Chris Bonnington. Worth Reading: www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?208152
National Child Labour Project - A Glimpse of Hope
Portraits of former child labourers, withdrawn from work and now enrolled in a National Child Labour Project school in Bhursu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
World Day Against Child Labour 12 June 2013
National Child Labour Project (NCLP, Govt. of India), in its 25 years of existence since 1988, only 8, 52,179 child labourers were withdrawn from work and sent to mainstream schools. Currently there are 7311 Special Schools in 266 districts.
Under the Scheme, child labour as defined under the schedule of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, are identified through a survey, withdrawn from work and put into the special schools, so as to provide them with enabling environment to join mainstream education system. In these Special Schools, besides formal education, they are provided stipend @ Rs.100/- per month, nutrition, vocational training and regular health check-ups. The Scheme also envisages awareness generation campaigns against the evils of child labour and enforcement of child labour laws.
A revamped NCLP programme with a proposed budget of INR Rs. 891 million (£11 million approx) bringing it in harmony with the right to education, it is envisaged would result in total abolition of child labour by the end of 12th Plan period.
Read: National Child Labour Project - A Critique
Abolition of Child Labour and Making Education a Reality for Every Child as a Right
India: Project helps child labourers return to school
CENSUS DATA on Child Labour 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001
Images of Bengal, India
I was part of a team of volunteers when I visited this school. My friends from Himalayan Medical Camp are working with them for years. On that day, all the children of the school received woollen sweaters just before the cold winter. We had lunch with the students and learned their experience.
Himalayan Medical Camp, a voluntary organisation of nature lovers and doctors, formed in 1992 by one of my friends, Milan Nag. This low-profile group of climber-activists has trekked in the clouds of the Himalayas on several occasions, treating some 3,000 villagers and carrying out over a hundred eye operations - all free of cost! For their sterling work, the group has earned the praise of such legendary climbers as Edmund Hillary and Chris Bonnington. Worth Reading: www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?208152