Assistant Professor, NREM, College of Dry Land Agriculture, Mekelle University, Ethiopia
Online published on 14 November, 2013.
The problem of child labour has become an issue of great concern in recent times all over the world. The alarming growth of child labour, particularly in under developing countries, has attracted the attention of governments, national and international social organizations and social scientists. A global public awaking is being created today about the plight of child labour and the needed to eliminate it.
Millions of children all over the world today are working many in servitude and hazardous conditions. A large number of children of tender age are being exploitated, and compelled to work for long hours for low wages and under conditions damaging to their health, and to their physical, social, psychological and mental development. Millions of children are thus being deprived of their healthy childhood.
