Reasons of Child Labor

Child labor is on the increase. Let us explore the reasons of this malady. Our mind- set has not undergone a radical change. Caste system still lives in our psyche. We still feel education for the poor would disrupt the existing social arrangements. We bill believe that those who use brain rule and those who work with hands are to be ruled. This division should not be disturbed at any cost otherwise there will be upheavals in society and the very superstructure of society will crumble down. All will become masters. No social equality is desired. Those who control educational system perhaps do not wart the poor children to study and use their brain. When they drop out, figure is circulated but nobody bothers and nothing is done to check this avoidable exodus. Big guns and politically powerful indulge in rhetoric and by using high-sounding words shed crocodile’s tears but do nothing to stem this trend and let it go more acute knowingly or unknowingly.