Education the key to freeing tens of millions of children from hazardous labour

12.06.08 - 16:53 ... source : Unicef

... World Day against Child Labour 2008 focuses attention on the role of education in lifting children out of the labour market NEW YORK, 12 June 2008 – UNICEF estimates that there are 158 million children under the age of 15 who are trapped in child labour around the world. The vast majority of these children have little or no hope of accessing an education which would break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy that undermines their future. Over 100 million children, nearly 70 per cent of all child labourers, work in agriculture in rural areas where access to schools, availability of trained teachers and educational supplies is severely limited. Even in urban areas, poor and marginalized children are unable to benefit from greater access to school facilities because of cost, caste and culture. Gender is a crucial determinant of whether a child is able to seize the opportunity education provides. In L ...» Next (HTML)