The status of Child Labor in

Bangladesh: An analytical research

Introduction:

Words worth said, Child is the father nation. Yes, todays child is tomorrows leader.
Children are the assets, and a nation gets handsome dividends when it invests most in
them.
But! What we are observing today is very pathetic. The most destructive and injurious
to the children is child labour. The children aged below 14 constitute the half of the
total population of the world. Over 250 million children around the world work and
many of them are at risk from hazardous and exploitative labour (UNICEF 1997). The
so-called industrialized or capitalist countries employed children in their factory for
their rapid production with a minimum wage. The Janakantha on November 28, 1997
says that 65 million of children all over the world work is most unfavorable condition
whose daily income is not more than one dollar.

Statement of Problem:

Child labour in Bangladesh is common, with 4.7 million or 12.6% of children aged 5 to
14 in the work force. Out of the child labourers engaged in the work force, 83% are
employed in rural areas and 17% are employed in urban areas. Employment ranges from
jobs in the informal sector such as in agriculture and domestic service, to jobs in the
formal sector, such as in the garment industry.

Research Question: What will be the scenario if Child Labour continuously increasing
day by day in Bangladesh?
Objectives:

The goal of the research is to show the importance of decrease Child Labour in
Bangladesh. There are some goals of the research has been given in Below:

To show the scenario the present situation of Child Labor in Bangladesh

To find out the reasons for increasing the child labor

The aim to find out the way to get out of it .

To Explain what might be due to the increase in child labor

Literature Review:

Different studies have been conducted on the different aspect of child labour in
Bangladesh.

Khaleda Salauddin undertook a study named Aspect of child labour in Bangladesh.

She explored the different aspect of child labour is the urban and rural economy. Her
study work is mainly based on the patter of child labor both boys and girls in both the
formal and informal sectors. She showed about 19% of the girls and 76% of the boys
had identified their families impoverished conditions leading them to take up the job
of domestics. Majority of the child household workers fell within the age group of 11-
13 years both for girls (38%) and boys (396%).
Ahmed and Quasem (1991) carried out a study in four selected slum areas of Dhaka
city. The study findings show that 70% of the girls work mostly of home while 54% of
the boys worked out side. The average monthly income of the child workers was Taka
450 and they, on an average, work for 10 hours per day.

Methodology:

This Research Monograph has been designed to carry out an initial review that will lay
down some basic issues based on preliminary findings collected from secondary sources.
As part of requirement of the first stage, a report on preliminary assessment of this topic
was prepared and submitted. Finally the report provides suggestive measures on this
Research Monograph. The mythology followed throughout the research paper has been
point out below -

a) Planning the whole research paper

b) Taking advice from honorable Research Supervisor regarding the collection of

necessary information

c) Collection of study materials with the help of the concerning teachers, researches,
friends, books, journals, articles & other sources regarding the person and
institutions

d) Study and discussion with the concern supervisor. Methodology is very important for
any research, as without adopting any methods, it is difficult. When I got the topic of my
research and then just visit my supervisor with my approval letter and sought some sort
of information regarding the topic, he helped me out with the concept of the topic and
also the proceeding for preparing the paper. For starting the research, according to my
advisors instruction I read out some evidence books. The optimum outcome of the
research depends largely on the adopting of the proper methods related to the topic in the
field of the proper investigation and sufficient care. When I prepared this research, I
followed some methods, such as, case study method, sufficient method etc. respectively
where it is applicable. The techniques of data collection followed in this research are
interviewing, questionnaire, use of documents sources.I took help from my teachers,
friends, and different websites for collecting information relating to the topic.

Scope and Limitation:

Research involves original works in answering a question or solving a problem of the

several different research approaches available, this book focuses on those approaches
which can be applied to solve questions or problems that a directly related to everyday
life. The technique of community involvement in practical issues is often called action
research. This research confined the by the significant case laws, print articles, books,
bear Acts, newspapers, social scholar and jurists. The following are the nature and scope
and research:

Locating work that has-been already done on the topic, to decide if the particulars topic
has been researched or if existing material can contribute to the present study.

Defining the objective of the project, or steps to the project in a clear, straightforward
way.

Deciding upon the methods that will be used to accomplish the objectives.

Collecting the data according to the plan,

Examining the data according to the plan,

Reporting the results.