Child Labor

A very warm welcome to all the teachers and students present in the auditorium. I am here
to deliver a speech on child labour. Child labour has been the most important concern in the
world because it affects the children both mentally and physically. It also destroys the future
of children. The Child labour act, 1986 defines a child as a person who has not completed
the age of 14 years. Child labour is the practice of engaging the children in economic
activity, on a part or full-time basis. Every child is considered as a gift of god it must be
nurtured with care and affection with the family and society but due to the social-economic
problems children will be forced to work in industries, leather factories, hotels, and a self-
service restaurant.

In developing countries, poverty is one of the major problems and the children were
considered as helping hand to feed their families. If they don’t work they will die of poverty
and hunger. Because of poverty, illiteracy and unemployment parents are unable to send
them to schools. So that the poor parents send their children to work at lower wages. So first
we will try to eliminate the poverty of society.

The poor economic condition of people in developing countries forces them to borrow
money. The literate seeks debt from money lenders during emergencies later they find
difficulty in paying back the debts so debtors drag their children too in support of them so
that the debts could be paid off.

I would like to conclude by saying that the remedy is only in the hands of the government. It
needs to take the necessary steps to get rid of poverty by giving employment to the parents of
child labourers. It is necessary to educate children. The government should allocate the
necessary funds to educate poor children. There are many laws and authoritarian departments
for child labour. But, up till now, these are unproductive in controlling ongoing child labour.
This is possible only with the support of all the sections of the society and the law
enforcement agencies.