Peer-reviewed article

Public Opinion on Child Labour in Urban Areas

S Sai Prasanth, Jewel M Panicker, K. R. Gunasekaran · 6 Aug 2024

Abstract

Child labour is the most inhuman evil practices in the society .The main aim of the study is to create awareness among employment of children in urban cities. India is sadly the home to the largest number of child labourers in the world. The census found an increase in the number of child labourers from 11.28 million in 1991 to 12.59 million in 2001. M.V. Foundation in Andhra Pradesh found nearly 400,000 children, mostly girls between seven and 14 years of age, toiling for 14-16 hours a day in cottonseed production across the country of which 90% are employed in Andhra Pradesh. For instance, political opponents often reach opposite conclusions from the same facts, and editorial cartoonists often exaggerate facts to make their point. First, the "assertion" may be spoken, written, pictured, or maybe gestured. For the purpose of the study, descriptive research is used. Descriptive research helps to accurately portray the characteristics of a particular individual, situation or group. Convenience sampling method is used in this study to collect the samples. When population elements are selected for inclusion in the sample based on access is called convenience sampling. The statistical tool used is graphical representation .The total number of responses collected in the survey is around 200. It was found that the constitution makes it mandatory for the Government to protect and promote freedoms, and to assure every citizen a decent standard of living. In this study Children are actually future components inside the shape of awesome instructors, scientists, judges, rulers, docs, planners, engineers, politicians on whom the complete society founded (rests). Unfortunately tens of millions of kids are deprived of their childhood and right to training and there via they're subjected to exploitation and abuse. The age of the kid has been in another way described in different laws. The final outcome of the study is that the government has to strict the existing laws to ensure and safeguard the children from being exploited and discriminated against in the name of employment.