Question

Why is it prohibited to employ children under 14 years of age in hazardous places?

Answer 1

1. Employing children less than 14 years of age in hazardous places is exploitation.
2. It puts them under life-threatening dangers.
3. These young children are the future of our country and hence, they should have all-round progress.
4. Apart from damaging their health, employing children less than 14 years of age in hazardous places like factories and mines may also deprive them of their fundamental right to education.
5. For their and the country’s development, it is necessary that they get educated. For this Constitution has entitled all children between 6 and 14 years of age to get an education as a Fundamental Right, under the Right to Liberty.

Hence, it is rightly prohibited to employ children under 14 years of age in hazardous places like factories and mines.