Study title: Baseline study on Child labour and primary education
Client: Malawi Congress of Trade Union and CEYCA
Location: Mchinji and Kasungu
Sector: Agriulture (Tobacco) an Education (Primary)
Team Leader: Mathews Madola
Study period: February to March, 2008
Purpose
The main purpose of this baseline survey is to collect reliable statistics on child labour that MCTU and CEYCA can use for advocacy and lobbying and provide a basis for project monitoring and evaluation.
Specific Objectives
· Looking at constraints that held parents/guardians (households) from sending their children to school than to work.
· Noting the push factors (internal and external) which influence children to search for work than remain in school.
· Noting or identifying policy gaps that do not support prevention, rehabilitation, integration of child labourers.
· Identification of child labourers in different economic activities by age groups and sex.
· Identification of legal framework/factors that discourage the full implementation of the compulsory primary education
· Identification of current/potential actors against child labour in the impact areas or within the districts and/or nearby districts.
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