About National Child Labour Project

The NCLP Scheme seeks:

A. To eliminate all forms of child labour through

i) Identification and withdrawal of all children in the Project Area from child labour,
ii) Preparing children withdrawn from work for mainstream education along with vocational training;
iii) Ensuring convergence of services provided by different government departments/agencies for the benefit of child and their family;

B. To contribute to the withdrawal of all adolescent workers from Hazardous Occupations / Processes and their skilling and integration in appropriate occupations through

i) Identification and withdrawal of all adolescent workers from hazardous occupations / processes,
ii) Facilitating vocational training opportunities for such adolescents through existing scheme of skill developments;

C. Raising awareness amongst stakeholders and target communities, and orientation of NCLP and other functionaries on the issues of ‘child labour’ and ’employment of adolescent workers in hazardous occupations/processes’; and

D. Creation of a Child Labour Monitoring, Tracking and Reporting System.