Child Labour Speech 2

Good morning to the Principal sir, sir, madam, my seniors and dear friends. My name is I study in
class At this event, I would like to speech on child labour, its causes, and steps taken by
government to remove this social issue from the society. I am very grateful to my class teacher that
she has given me such as a great opportunity to speech on this topic in front of you.
Child labour is the wrong practice running in the society worldwide for years from the ancient time. It
is not only a national issue but it is a worldwide issue. Child labour is the act of involving children in
some type of labour at very low cost to get efficient work by the owners, industrialists, businessmen,
etc. Generally they involve children in economic activity on part time basis. Somewhere children
work for full night and over time without any leave to get more financial help. Child labour interferes
with the physical and mental development of the children. It has taken its deep root in the society
because of poverty, lack of shelter and food, lack of facilities for poor people, lack of education, big
gap between rich and poor, growth of informal economy, etc.
According to the national census of India, the number of child labour (aged 4-15 years ) in 1998 was
around 12.6 million, between 2009-2010 it was around 4.98 million (aged 5-14 years) and in 2011 it
was around 4.35 million (aged 5-14). Here we see that child labour is decreasing year wise however,
the question is, why we are not able to finish it completely even after living in an advanced era? Why
it is decreasing very slowly, and not has finished yet? I think the main reason behind it; people have
not developed their mind level positively yet. There is still the existence of dictatorship of rich people
over poor people in the society. There is a big gap between rich and poor; well developed people
have not capacity to accept equality in the society.
Indian law has specified around 64 industries as hazardous in which employing children are
considered as criminal offence. Around 120,000 children in the country were involved in the
hazardous job in 2001. The Constitution of India has prohibited the employment of children in
hazardous industries however, not in non-hazardous industries. According to the UNICEF, it is
estimated that the highest number of child labour is in India (under 14 years of age) all over the
world. According to the International Labour Organization, around 60% of all the child labour is
involved in agriculture whereas 70% by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Child labour in the hazardous industries is prohibited by the Article 24 of Indias constitution. There
are various laws and the Indian Penal Code (such as Juvenile Justice (care and protection) of

Children Act-2000, Child Labour (Prohibition and Abolition) Act-1986, etc) working in the field to
stop child labour in India.
Thank You