| Any child under the age specified by law worldwide | | | | commercial and sexual exploitation of children, hard |
| works full time, mentally or physically to earn for own | | | | working condition. |
| survival or adding to family income, that interrupts | | | | With the change of world order future education |
| child's social development and education is called "child | | | | system would be more practical than present system |
| labour". | | | | of theory from books and notebooks. Each child would |
| Any child under the age of 15 engaged in activity to | | | | be encouraged to involve in practical education that |
| feed family or self is "child labour". ILO Convention 138 | | | | gives skill to survive in competitive world. So, defining |
| (C. 138) obligates countries to fix a minimum age for | | | | "education" becomes important to define "child labour". |
| employment that should not be less than the age for | | | | Thus any child works for pleasure, leisure, pocket |
| completing compulsory schooling and, in any event, | | | | money, helping parents, hobby, aspiration, non |
| should not be less than 15 years. Developing countries | | | | hazardous part time work is not "child labour". "Child |
| may set the minimum age at 14. C-138 provides | | | | labour" purely accounts when child is forced to work |
| flexibility for countries to establish a younger minimum | | | | under slavery, poverty, parentless or social or parent's |
| age of 12 or 13 for children to partake in "light work." | | | | boycott. |
| Children's participation in economic activity - that does | | | | Types of child labour- Self employed and employed |
| not negatively affect their health and development or | | | | with others are two categories of child labour: |
| interfere with education, can be positive. Work that | | | | - Self employed- street sellers, rag or scrap pickers, |
| does not interfere with education (light work) is | | | | street entertainers, child prostitution or pornography |
| permitted from the age of 12 years under the | | | | (but mostly they are hired by notorious gangs), begging, |
| International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 138. | | | | and other odd jobs. These types of children are mainly |
| So child engaged in part time work to learn practical | | | | street children and rural migrants. Most these children |
| skill linked to social or inherited custom or crafts is not | | | | are parentless, abandoned by parents, riot or war |
| child labor. It becomes "child labour" only when child | | | | misery. The situation changes; in poor countries they |
| weaves carpet in a factory or factory; earns money | | | | are helping hand to the parents. |
| to support family without schooling, social development. | | | | - Employed with others- factory or mine workers, |
| On the other hand if child works for 3-4 hours to learn | | | | domestic servants, child prostitution or pornography. |
| or earn for self or parents after schooling, would not | | | | Conducting work in other's premises or in other's |
| be known as child labour as is additional education and | | | | custody. Such children work with parents consent or |
| practical skill that a child learns. | | | | are parentless. Some are sold or some work to help |
| Definition of elements of worst forms of child labour- | | | | parents to meet livelihood. |
| all types of slavery, forceful hiring of children, | | | | |