The ministry will ask the district administration to take initiative to stop child labour there, the state minister said. “Child labour must be stopped in Keraniganj,” she said. The government tasked 10 ministries and departments in October last year with identifying nine key strategic fields to eradicate child labour. The government in 2010 made the Child Labour Policy to ensure their proper growth by bringing them under educational programmes and social safety net. Monnujan said she hopes the government will be able to declare Bangladesh free from child labour by 2025 in line with the Sustainable Development Goal set for the issue.

Source: bd News24 February 04, 2021 15:45 UTC