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Former
child labourers want education to get priority
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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New Delhi:
A group of former child labourers Wednesday sent Diwali greetings
to United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and
Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj, adding that parliamentarians
should take up the issue of education.
They said children like them had their hopes pinned on MPs for
effective implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act.
Brought together by NGO National Coalition for Education (NCE),
the group of 35 children - all aged between 10-16 - met more than
100 MPs during the monsoon session of parliament to mount pressure
on them to take up the issue of education.
Jainab, a 13-year-old who is member of the group, said: "When we
met the parliamentarians, we raised questions on out-of-school
children, budget spending on education, infrastructure in schools
and the implementation of the Right of children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act."
"Based on our discussions, many related questions were raised by
MPs in both houses of parliament. We will meet them again during
the next session, which begins Nov 9 so that the issue is not
forgotten," she added.
According to an official of NCE, "as many as 343 questions were
raised on the topic of education" during the monsoon session."
The parliamentarians who met the children included Sushila Saroj,
Narayan Singh Amlabe, and Usha Verma.
The children also sent their greetings to editors of national
dailies and voluntary organisations, besides parliamentarians.
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