Child Labour And Drop Out Children

The child labour episode is closely associated to that of out-of-school children (OOSC). The majority of children not in school are occupied in some form of work activity and, for children in school involvement in work makes them more liable to untimely drop-out. Considering the interplay between child labour and out-of-school children is therefore critical to achieving both Education for All (EFA) and child labour elimination goals. This study presents a vivid profile of links between child labour and out-of-school children from different developing countries included in the OOSC study. The focus is primarily on the 7-14 years age range, and on Dimensions 2-5 of the Five Dimensions of Exclusion. How are the OOSC and child labour phenomena related? The intersection of the OOSC and child labour groups can be expressed in two different ways: first, the extent to which the OOSC population is composed of child labourers and second, the extent to which child labourers are out of school. These two indicators offer different ways of viewing the interplay between the OOSC and child labour groups.