Peer-reviewed article
AN ANALYSIS OF THE ILL EFFECTS OF CHILD LABOUR ON CHILDREN'S EDUCATION
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Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examined the relationship between child labour and children's education in Chennai, India, using survey data from 210 respondents. The research found a significant negative relationship between child labour and educational outcomes, with children who work at a young age being deprived of learning opportunities. The study identified poverty, lack of access to education, and socio-economic factors as root causes, and recommended government action to improve education access and enforce child labour laws.
Key points
- There is a significant relationship between child labour and children's education
- Children forced to work at a young age are deprived of learning opportunities
- The decision to send children to work or school depends on parents' assessment of costs and benefits of education and work opportunities
- Root causes include poverty, lack of access to education, and socio-economic factors
- Government should improve education access, make child labour laws more actionable, and increase inspections
Limitations
The study used convenient sampling in one city (Chennai) which limits generalisability to other regions. The research design appears to be cross-sectional survey data, so causality cannot be firmly established between child labour and educational outcomes.
Abstract
Child labour and education are two interconnected issues.Child labour refers to work that is performed by children that is mentally, physically, socially, or morally harmful and interferes with their education.On the other hand, education is essential for children's development and well-being.The main objective of this paper is to understand the extent and scale of child labour and its impact on children's education and to identify the root causes of child labour and its link with poverty, lack of access to education, and other socio-economic factors.The empirical research method is followed for the study.A total of 210 samples were taken through a convenient sampling method.The sample frame was the general public who were residing in Chennai.Independent variables are income, gender, educational qualification, age, place of residence, marital status and occupation.The dependent variables are whether respondents choose work over education for their children, children who manage to combine work and education, performance at school often suffers, the level of child schooling and labour is determined by parents' decisions, which in turn depend upon the costs and benefits of the available education and work opportunities, solutions for getting and keeping children in school and out of child labour and the effects of child labour on children's education.Tools used are graphical representations, ANOVA, correlation and independent sample t test.The results of the study revealed that there is signification relationship between child labour and children's education and also highlighted the factors which affects children's education.The paper suggested that the government should improve access to education, should make child labour laws more actionable and also should increase inspections to identify the cases of child labour .The paper concludes child labour has a severe negative impact on a child's education.Children who are forced to work at a young age are deprived of the opportunity to learn.
Findings the Hub has extracted
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- Intervention
- Government action to improve access to education, enforce child labour laws, and increase inspections
- Population
- General public residing in Chennai, India (210 respondents via convenient sampling)
Key finding
Significant relationship found between child labour and children's education