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Child Labor and Education in South Asia

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Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia

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This chapter provides an overview of the issues involved in ensuring education for working children in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal. The manner in which children’s educational rights, as articulated in the UNCRC, are operationalized within specific policy frameworks in these countries is examined in the light of discussions on child rights and Southern childhoods. We point out that notwithstanding the introduction of many policies and measures at the national and international levels, the conception as well as the provision of education is yet to make meaningful connections with the lifeworlds and aspirations of working children. We argue that there is a need to re-vision the schooling system in order to evolve ways and means of offering education that is inclusive and relevant for working children in South Asia.

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Pappu, R., Vasanta, D. (2020). Child Labor and Education in South Asia. In: Sarangapani, P., Pappu, R. (eds) Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia. Global Education Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3309-5_73-1

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