| The debate regarding the need for more child | | | | poor children who are not benefiting from the child |
| welfare programs have resurfaced. The expose | | | | development programs are taking to work and |
| and the dropping of three manufacturing units | | | | neglecting their education. It is a normal and |
| from India by the British clothing giant Primark has | | | | natural choice that any person would make for |
| led to this debate to resurface. They were | | | | survival. Fire of hunger is really tough to |
| reported to have been using child labor in their | | | | overcome and it destroys all thirst for knowledge. |
| factories. | | | | Wondering and blaming those who are making the |
| Let's not fall into any capitalist clap-trap, like the | | | | most of this situation by using these poor children |
| big companies have been using the cheap labor | | | | as laborer for their benefit won't bring any |
| available in the developing countries. I am not | | | | change. We have to come together and work |
| suggesting turning a blind eye to this problem. It's | | | | towards establishing education societies for these |
| a grave issue that needs to be addressed | | | | poor children. The education societies should |
| properly. But let's not divert our attention from | | | | establish schools where education is provided for |
| the more major issue which is the need for more | | | | free. As well as other basic facilities like food, |
| child development programs. | | | | clothes, books, sports facilities are also made |
| The question one needs to ask is, why so many | | | | available for free. Until and unless all these support |
| children instead of going to school and enjoying | | | | systems of education are made available for free, |
| the days of childhood, start to work at an early | | | | the parents of the poor children could not be |
| age. The question is age old and so is the answer. | | | | convinced to send their children to schools. |
| It's the economic reason. If you have nothing to | | | | Working for the education of the children should |
| eat at home, one would definitely search for the | | | | be the target of every child development |
| means of livelihood rather than studying. This | | | | program because only proper education would |
| problem is not new, yet we have not been able | | | | empower the children who are coming from |
| to find a solution to this problem. | | | | financially backward families. This would restore |
| India is a state of billion people and every year | | | | the sense of dignity in them and they too can |
| we are adding a population equivalent to the | | | | lead a respectable life. |
| population of Australia. With this rate of increasing | | | | If you really want to do something constructive, |
| child population, it is a requirement that the | | | | then you must find such charitable organizations |
| government of this country needs to develop | | | | which are seriously involved in child development |
| more child development program. But, it is falling | | | | programs. One such organization is Guru Nanak |
| short of its set target, as there are so many to | | | | Garib Niwaj Education Society, which is working |
| cover under those programs. As a result, those | | | | for the development of poor children. |