Special Schools for Child Labourers

Under National Child Labour Elimination Project of Government of India, three child labour special schools are being run in Pallipalayam and Komarapalayam areas where the textile industries concentrated in Namakkal District. The three schools are catered to 140 child labourers in the following areas:

1. Kandipudur, Pallipalayam.
2. Amman Nagar, Pallipalayam.
3. K. Olappalayam, Komarapalayam.

The child labourers in the special schools are provided with nutritious lunch and they have been given intensive education for 5 hours per day at par with the Tamilnadu Government Education syllabus. Apart from the educational input, the skilled teachers are teaching various skills on cultural, sports and games and fine arts.

Keeping in mind that poverty is the main cause of the child labour system in the country, the parents of the children are being motivated to form as self-help groups to generate income, build assets and move towards self-reliance. It also paved a way to spur the rural economy at the village level.