English Ace Assignment (Part 1)

Child Labour in India

India, what a huge country compared to Singapore, but it pales in comparison when the topic entitled "Economy" is brought up. It is internationally agreed that the economy of a country plays an inportant role in terms of determining the stability of a country. Indian has vast area of land, many people and needless to say, many geniuses. Returning to the economy, it is always pulled in when the topic "Child Labour" is mentioned. Is the reason for child labour the poor economy of India? Is this the inexplicable truth or are there many other hidden reasons which lies beneath the dense outlook of the this problem, which might bring us straight to the crux of the problem to solve it. To me, taking the very first step is to look at things in different viewpoints, the government of India's viewpoint and the viewpoint of the World Human Rights Organisation.

Government of India's viewpoint

In Northen India, the exploitation of little children for labour is an accepted practive and perceived by the locals a necessity to alleviate poverty. Even if the government feels that this practive is unacceptable, it has not other choice but to accept it. The main reason is the lack of innovative solution to this problem - poor economy. They cannot come up with revolutionary ideas which would help the locals change their perception so they are forced to use this mean of improving India's economy.
If I were the India's government...
We are trying our best to alleviate the problem of child labour by invoking a law that makes the employment of children between 14 illigal, except in family owned enterprise. We are trapped in a situation where we have to choose between improving the coiuntry's economy or protecting the children of the country.
Verdict --- Give us a solution or banning child labour will be a difficult task.



World Human Rights Organisation's viewpoint

They feel that the situation of child labour is desperate. The children work for eight hours at a stretch with only a small break for meals. The meals are also frugal and the children are ill nourished. They do not have education and are ill treated. Serious actions should be done to this problem. We must put greater emphasis on health and safety issues regarding the children working. In order to prevent risking the children's safety, we must ban child labour. Children are often exploited and deprived of their rights in India, and until further measures are taken, many Indian children will continue to be working in danger.
Verdict --- Ban child labour to prevent the children from being in danger.


My viewpoints

I feel that child labour is of course something which everyone wants banned but major actions are not taking palce. Coming back to my very first point, there are abundant geniuses in India. Instead of implementing rules which are easy to break, India should gather all manpower to think of a solution. As I have said, there are many more geniuses in India than in Singapore, but Singapore can still continue to upgrade itself, even without vast spaces of land. I think that the major changes that should be made are - changing the mindset of the people living in villiages, changing their way of life in terms of child labour and frequent checks on the areas of suspected child labour. Indeed, child labour will help the economy grow, but in turn, the children's education is affected badly. In addition to that, the change of the state of economy is insignificant. On the other hand, if the children are not given the chance to study, the undeveloped child geniuses may not be groomed well and the country will have less leaders. The future of the country is bleack as there will be less future leaders.
Verdict --- Ban child labour and think of the future.





Sources --- www.indianchild.com/child-labour-india.htm
www.childlabor.in/child-labour-in-india.htm