Statesman News Service
MALDA, June 12:- The state labour department has been able to relocate eleven girl child labourers to the main stream in Malda through national child labour project (NCLP), administrative officials said today.
These girls working as bidi biding workers at their homes have been admitted in class VII after they qualify an admission test in Ideal High Madrassa in Kaliachak II this year, said Mr. P. P. Saha the assistant labour commissioner in Malda.
They were being trained over two years at the centre of NCLP at Bagabatipur high school in Kaliachak II block.
The district administrative officials today handed over stipend for education to those eleven girls at a programme in Malda town hall organized by the district labour and information and cultural affairs departments.
To mark World Day against Child Labour' the district officials organized a seminar today on 'adult for work, children for school and make a way for education' and stop child marriage, dowry system and women's power to build a new society.
According to the district labour department, a total of 6199 child labourers have been identified in Malda district who are working in the bidi factories. Out of them, only 2000 child labourers are studying in 40 NCLP centres across the district.
Addressing the seminar the district magistrate in Malda, Mr. C R Das said: "The number of NCLP is not adequate here. We need to set up more NCLP here to cover left out child labourers where poverty is the chief cause of creation of child labour".
Describing the present situation of Malda district the Malda SP, Mr. Satyajit Bandyopadhayay, explained the problem of population explosion where parents particularly fathers forced their children to earn money from childhood due to imbalance rural economy and scarcity of distribution system of food.
The district administration has planned to set up a residential school for child labourers in this district soon where 50 children can be able to study free of cost.
The additional district magistrates Mr. P C Sit, Mrs. Indrani Saha and other officials took part in the seminar. Women representatives from various corners, trade union leaders and many daily working women were present in the seminar today. ######
MALDA, June 12:- The state labour department has been able to relocate eleven girl child labourers to the main stream in Malda through national child labour project (NCLP), administrative officials said today.
These girls working as bidi biding workers at their homes have been admitted in class VII after they qualify an admission test in Ideal High Madrassa in Kaliachak II this year, said Mr. P. P. Saha the assistant labour commissioner in Malda.
They were being trained over two years at the centre of NCLP at Bagabatipur high school in Kaliachak II block.
The district administrative officials today handed over stipend for education to those eleven girls at a programme in Malda town hall organized by the district labour and information and cultural affairs departments.
To mark World Day against Child Labour' the district officials organized a seminar today on 'adult for work, children for school and make a way for education' and stop child marriage, dowry system and women's power to build a new society.
According to the district labour department, a total of 6199 child labourers have been identified in Malda district who are working in the bidi factories. Out of them, only 2000 child labourers are studying in 40 NCLP centres across the district.
Addressing the seminar the district magistrate in Malda, Mr. C R Das said: "The number of NCLP is not adequate here. We need to set up more NCLP here to cover left out child labourers where poverty is the chief cause of creation of child labour".
Describing the present situation of Malda district the Malda SP, Mr. Satyajit Bandyopadhayay, explained the problem of population explosion where parents particularly fathers forced their children to earn money from childhood due to imbalance rural economy and scarcity of distribution system of food.
The district administration has planned to set up a residential school for child labourers in this district soon where 50 children can be able to study free of cost.
The additional district magistrates Mr. P C Sit, Mrs. Indrani Saha and other officials took part in the seminar. Women representatives from various corners, trade union leaders and many daily working women were present in the seminar today. ######
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