abolition of child labour need and means

Pride of a Welfare State, rest in ensuring that each person does what he ought to do. – A child ought to be educated and develop into a fruitful citizen of its Country -

- Varnashrama Dharma prescribed 0-25 as the age for a person to get education. In this age he is not expected to do anything other than acquiring knowledge. But what Varnashrama Dharma did and fell into criticism is that it ordered this only to the first three Varnas and debarded the Children in the Fourth Varna and the Caste and communities below it from acquiring knowledge. - The Definition of Childhood attained clarity after the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) under Article 1 adopted the age of a child to be up to 18 years. - agriculture sector is considered one of the three most dangerous industries to work at any age, in addition to construction and mining. - The answer of Ambedkar goes clear to say that Right to education and child labour cannot go together. - full article at www.lexindica.info