Child Labor Surge in Sindh Districts with Highest Rates Revealed
A recent report by the School Education Department exposed a significant increase in child labor in Sindh, highlighting varying rates of child labor across different districts in the province.
According to the report, the lowest rate of child labor is recorded in Karachi at 2.38 percent, while the highest rate is found in Qambar Shahdadkot at 30.8 percent.
Other districts with high rates of child labor include Tharparkar at 29 percent, Shikarpur at 20.2 percent, and Tando Muhammad Khan at 20.3 percent.
The report also revealed that 4.5 percent of children are forced to work as child labor in Hyderabad, 8.6 percent in Sukkur, and 7.6 percent in Larkana.
Similarly, districts like the rate of child labor in Umerkot stood at 21 percent, 25.7 percent in Sanghar, and 9 percent in Khairpur.
Over 26mn children out of school in Pakistan, NA told
Earlier in January 2024, then Caretaker Education Minister Madad Ali Sindhi revealed that the count of children in Pakistan who are not enrolled in school surged to 25 million
Showing concerns about the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country, Jam Madad Ali Sindhi urged the parents to enroll their children in schools.
The then education minister said the plight of schools in Islamabad has been improved. Without taking the name of the province, Sindhi said he visited the village of an education minister of a province and found girls studying by sitting on the floor.
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