ABSTRACT

Children are the future of nation their all round development is responsibility of society. The abolition of child labour in underdeveloped countries is often held to be practically infeasible because it would bring about closure of the economic activities which subsist only because of admittance to such labour. Children of the world are innocent, vulnerable and dependent. They are all probing, active and full of hope. Their life should be full of joy and peace, playing, learning and growing. Their future should be formed in harmony and co-operation. Their childhood should grown-up, as they broaden their perspectives and gain new experience. It has been observed over decades that, poverty forces poor families to send their children to work, which results in a serious problem the world is facing nowadays. Child labour can leave many severe consequences on children and their families. When children work, it does not mean as a standard, they support their families economically, neither all of them get paid for their work since many of them work as bonded labour or as slaves. In addition to that, they face many problems which may cause everlasting damage to their childhood. Children usually work to contribute and provide financial support to their families. Their health is often ignored by their parents or they may not be aware about their children’s health. Socio-economic factors are highly responsible in any plight of child labour. This paper explores the hidden socio-economic factors - pushing our future children towards child labor. Sixty child workers have been selected through the simple purposive sampling technique. Among the respondents there were 40 male and 20 female in the age group of 07-15 years.