CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS - CHILD LABOUR

CHILD LABOUR & CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

Article 21 A Right to Education The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of 6 to 14 years in such manner as the State, by law, may determine. Article 24 Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc. No child below the age fourteen years shall be employed in work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment. Article 39 The State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards securing:- (e) that the health and strength of workers, men and women, and the tender age of children are not abused and that citizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or strength.