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`This is a highly informative text and will be valuable to those interested in the issues of child labour. It is also valuable in the context of debates about children's rights and the construction of childhood... The editors have drawn attention to the range of forces that influence the labour - education relationship... they provide an agenda for future discussion and policy in this area' - International Social WorkSouth Asia has the largest number of child labourers in the world as well as the largest number of children out of school. With contributors from policy makers, academics and activists working in the field of child labour, and practitioners involved in delivering education to children who are outside the formal schooling system in India and Bangladesh, this book brings together a range of perspectives on these issues.
Contents
PART ONENambissan and Ramya Subrahmanian Child Labour, Social Exclusion and the Challenge of Universalising Primary EducationPART TWO: ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN, CHILDHOOD AND CHILD LABOURThe Social Construction of Childhood - Susan Bissell A Perspective from BangladeshRights versus Needs - Neera Burra Is it in the "Best Interest of the Child?"International Labour Standards and Child Labour - Kaushik BasuPART THREE: THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC Geetha B Nambissan A View from the MarginsModes of Learning-Labour Relations - Mohammad Talib Educational Strategies and Child LabourPART FOUR: POLICY CONTEXT FOR ADDRESSING CHILD LABOUR AND EDUCATIONEducational Provision and National Goals in South Asia - R Govinda A Review of Policy and PerformanceUniversalisation of Elementary Education - Dhir Jhingran Government Policies and Perspectives'Community' at the Centre of Universal Primary Education Strategies - Ramya Subrahmanian An Empirical InvestigationOperationalizing Children's Rights to Education - Keiko Miwa A Case of Government - NGO Partnership in BangladeshPART FIVE: OPERATIONALIZING INTERVENTIONSRevitalizing Government Provision - Rukmini Banerji Partnership between Pratham and Municipal Primary Schools in MumbaiFilling a Critical Gap in Basic Education in Bangladesh - A Mushtaque and R ChowdhuryOperationalizing the Right to Education - Shobhita Rajagopal The Lok Jumbish Experience in RajasthanSchools as Institutions for Elimination of Child Labour - Shanta Sinha The Experience of M V Foundation in Ranga Reddy DistrictFamily Adjustments for Mainstreaming Child Labourers into Formal Schools in Calcutta - Cini-Asha The Experience of CINI-ASHAPART SIX: ASIADeprivation, Discrimination and Delivery - Naila Kabeer Competing Explanations for Child Labour and Educational Failure in South Asia
