4. WHAT IS CHILD LABOUR
Child labour refers to the
employment of children in any work
that deprives children of their
childhood, interferes with their ability
to attend regular school, and that is
mentally, physically, socially or morally
dangerous and harmful
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13. CHILD LABOUR AND CHILD WORK
Child work is found in developed countries where children are
legally employed for working.
The children in developed countries have enough to eat, can
attend school, and have time to play, but the children choose to
work part time or during holidays so they can have pocket money
to spend.
But for the under previleged children in developing countries it is
a question of basic survival. 13
14. THE IDEA
Every private school that wants to open a branch in
a metro or any tier 2 city must be required by law to open
at least one small branch in a village.
Government should create a centralized monitoring
center for these remote schools in metro cities.
Simple things like clean drinking water, working
infrastructure, clean toilets are some of the things that the
students in these schools should cherish.
A replacement teacher should be sent from a nearby
school if a teacher goes on leave, ensuring that all classes
are always staffed. 14
15. There should be evening or night schools for teenage
children who work in the factories, tea shops, cycle
repair shops, work shops or do odd jobs during the
day time.
These schools should provide them meals and
educate them in a way that is entertaining and
interesting for the children.
The learning process for the children should make
use of audio visual methods, computers, educational
charts etc.
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16. CONTRIBUTION BY STUDENTS
The Students of Universities and public schools can also contribute towards
providing better quality education for slum children
They can enrich the experience that the slum children get from the government
run schools that they attend . They can raise funds for them by organizing
fetes, musical, cultural and sports events.
They can also donate their spare books, school bags, old magazines, stationery
etc. for these children. It is truly wonderful that as part of their college and
school activities the students are able to source funds and provide for a better
education for the lesser privileged children of our country. And this work may
not just stop at providing classroom education. They can organize extra
curricular activities for the kids.
They can bring them to their campus at least once a week and give them classes
for English, Maths, Science, personality development, general knowledge and
so on.
They can also take them for games and sports and show them inspirational
documentaries . 16
17. BENEFIT
Education penetration is very good in cities and very
low in villages. There is a huge gap that we need to fill
else we will never be able to become a developed country.
Education and schools in the village itself will create an
eco system that will make villages more independent and
people from villages will not have to migrate to cities.
This will reduce the pressure on city infrastructure and
there will be all round development
Every one, even the private schools would benefit, as
social activities like these will help create good branding
for the schools in the cities which is where they make
money. 17
18. Many industrialists such as:
SUNIL MITTAL OF BHARTI,
SHIV NADAR OF HCL TECHNOLOGIES and
AZIM PREMJI OF WIPRO Ltd
are spending money on education and the government is
also stressing on greater corporate involvement in social
service activities.
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SUNIL MITTAL, CHAIRMAN OF THE
BHARTI GROUP (AIRTEL) IS THE MAN
BEHIND THE BHARTI FOUNDATION WHICH
IS RUNNING 236 SCHOOLS ACROSS FIVE
STATES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN.
LDREN.
These schools are being run at an annual cost of Rs 28
crore.
More than 30,000 students are now studying in Mittal’s
free English-medium schools in Punjab, Rajasthan,
Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
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This is likely to increase to 50,000 in two years.
The plan is to eventually build 500 primary schools
and 50 secondary schools which will enroll 100,000
students by 2013.
More than 70% of the students in these schools
are from SC/ST and OBC categories.
Moreover, 47% of the students are girls.
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AZIM PREMJI, the promoter of
WIPRO who cut short his
education to look after the family
business after the death of his
father in 1966, has donated over
Rs. 8000 Crores worth of his
shares, to build schools, train
teachers , and fund other
educational activities.
This represents the single-largest donation by an
individual towards philanthropic activities. The move
comes at a time when there is greater awareness about and
spotlight on the social responsibility activities of corporate
and industrialists
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SHIV NADAR OF HCL recently
donated over 580 crore by selling his
2.5% stake in HCL Technologies to
fund the education initiatives of his
eponymous foundation.
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The initiatives taken by :
should be emulated by the other corporates as well
The government should encourage them by giving them tax
incentives on account of spending on these initiatives.
