Much is being done for the rehabilitation of child labourers in the region.

Still, there are areas

that need more attention. For example, the practice of engaging kids in mining and bidi-making.
Further, the task of ensuring the right education for the rehabilitated kids is also fraught with
many difficulties.

Most of the rehabilitated kids are forced to return to work owing to parental pressure or other
factors. It is a tough task for labour department officials, who are engaged in rehabilitation of
child labourers, to keep track of such cases.

Another problem is of attendance. Recently, the officials were surprised when they came to
know the reason behind the thin attendance in schools on Tuesdays and Saturdays. There were
students who preferred to visit various temples on these two days for begging and getting free
food.

Equally challenging is the task of keeping track of a child once he or she passes the three years of
education. ''Once a child crosses the age of 14, he/she does not come under the ambit of child
labour and thus, it is hard to persuade them to continue studies. In such cases, the counselling of
parents is equally important so that they motivate kids to continue their studies,'' said deputy
labour commissioner, Allahabad Zone, A K Rai.

As for the future plans, assistant labour commissioner Rakesh Dwivedi said, ''Allahabad office
has sought funds for a fresh survey which would lay emphasis on urban areas as a large number
of child labourers are engaged in domestic tasks. We have also moved a proposal for opening a
Bal Grah which would cater to the needs of kids rescued in Allahabad but belonging to other
districts.''

Further, a new act called the Building and Other Construction Activities Act, 1996 -- which was
implemented in UP in May 2010 -- may be handy in rehabilitating more kids, only if its ambit is
increased. Presently, the act provides for the safety, health and welfare measures for the benefit
of construction workers. Besides, the Act mentions that every employer is required to pay a cess
at the rate of 1 per cent of the cost of construction to the construction workers welfare board.
Significantly, the eight schemes run under this Act have a clause for education of kids of
labourers. Under the scheme, every child gets an yearly scholarship, starting from Rs 4,000 for
Class V and it increases as the ward is promoted to higher classes.
''We would very much like to see the labourers engaged in brick-kilns and stone-crushing also
being brought under the ambit of this Act. This would ensure that they allow kids to carry on
with their education. Thus, the problem of child labourers being employed in these sites could
be resolved to an extent,'' said deputy commissioner, Rai.

''The children engaged in stone mining in Shankargarh tehsil belong to nomadic tribes and it is
difficult to keep a track of their education. As the parents of these children belong to
unorganised sector, this also makes the task harder, but once the Unorganised Workers Act,
2008, is implemented in the state, things may drastically improve,'' opined the deputy
commissioner.

Presently, there are 34 special schools, being run under the National Child Labour Project, out of
which 11 are in Shankargarh, nine in Meja, five in Koraon, four in Sadar, two in Urwa and one
each in Manda, Jasra and Chaka blocks.

Over 1,633 children are being imparted education in the 34 schools run under NCLP with the
active role of 19 NGOs in the above-mentioned blocks.

As for identifying industries employing child labour, the district labour office conducts a survey in
various localities of the urban and rural areas of the district. Then raids are conducted to rescue
kids. These kids are admitted in one of the 34 schools under the NCLP and are provided
education for three years. They are taught up to Class V and arrangements of books is made free
of cost. Besides, an amount of Rs 150 is deposited in the account of each child, which he or she
gets after the parents get him admission in Class VI. Now, the authorities are also making efforts
to provide school uniforms to these children with the aid of some corporate houses.

The schools have around 50 students in each unit, run in rented accommodation, and there are
three teachers for each school. Earlier, they were paid a monthly honorarium for Rs 1,500, but
recently, the same has been hiked to Rs 4,000 per month. Although, the teachers engaged in
these schools are dedicated to the cause, yet the hike would be of help. The honorarium would
be paid after a couple of months when the funds are made available, said deputy labour
commissioner, Allahabad Zone, A K Rai.

In the past 15 years, as many as 9,015 child labourers have been rescued and out of this 7,035
have been admitted to schools. The authorities have rescued 22 child labourers from July 2010
to August 2011.

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