peech on Child Labour

Child Labour Speech 1

Good morning to the respected Principal sir, sir, madam and my dear colleagues. My name is I
study in class We have gathered here to celebrate this special occasion of So, I would like to
speech on child labour, a big social issue, interfering the growth and development of country. First of
all I would like to thank my class teacher for offering me such a great opportunity to speech here.
My dear friends, child labour has been a big social issue which interferes the nations development
to a great extent. As we all know that children become the future of the country so why people are
using child labour only for their small benefits. Why they do not see from our eyes, why they do not
let small children to live their sweet childhood? Why they keep small children away from their right of
education. Some of the industrialists and businessmen involve children in some kind of employment
at very low cost labour. They do so only for their greediness of getting efficient work at low cost of
labour.
Child labour withdraws small children from their sweet and memorable childhood. It interferes with
their regular schooling as it disturbs them mentally, physically, socially and morally. It is very
dangerous and harmful disease to the children as well as country. This exploitative practice is still
continuing by various international organizations despite of various strict rules and regulations all
across the world which prohibits child labour. This social issue is running in the society for many
years from the ancient time which has affected the development to a great extent.
Most of the children are involved in the child labour in the fields like agriculture, factories, homebased assembly operations, mining, production, and other services. Some of them have to work in
night shifts or over time because of the need of more work and earn some more money for
improving the financial condition of their family. Their normal routine of work become 12 hours long
for which they get paid a little amount. The most important and primary causes of the child labour
are very low family income, unavailability of schools with proper facilities for poor children, and
illiteracy among poor parents.
This issue has been spread like a virus to the wide range of areas in the developing countries
because of the high poverty, poor schooling opportunities, high population rate, lack of adult
emplacement, etc. The highest incidence rate of child labour was in sub-Saharan Africa in 2010.
According to this, more than 50% of the children (aged 5-14 years) of Africa were working. The
agriculture field worldwide has been a largest employer of child labour for years. A big percentage of

child labour is found in the rural settings and informal urban economy where children are forcefully
employed by their owner or parents. According to the statistics of World Bank, there is seen some
decrease in the incidence of child labour worldwide (25% in 1960 however, reduced to 10% by
2003).
My dear friends, we should be aware in detail about this problem and take some positive steps to
remove this issue from the society. As being youth of the country, we are highly responsible towards
the growth and development of the country, so we should work positively in the fields interfering it to
go ahead.
Thank You