About Children :
As per the child rights character, a universal definition of "child" includes all persons under the age of 18.
40% of India's population is below the age of 18 years which at 400 million is the world's largest child population.
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Facts on Education :
1. Less than half of India's children between the age 6 and 14 go to school.
2. A little over one-third of all children who enroll in grade one reach grade eight.
3. At least 35 million children aged 6 - 14 years do not attend school.
4. 53% of girls in the age group of 5 to 9 years are illiterate.
5. In India, only 53% of habitation has a primary school.
7. In nearly 60% of schools, there are less than two teachers to teach Classes I to V.
8. On an average, there are less than three teachers per primary school. They have to manage classes from I to V every day.
9. High cost of private education and need to work to support their families and little interest in studies are the reasons given by 3 in every four drop-outs as the reason they leave.
10. Dropout rates increase alarmingly in class III to V, its 50% for boys, 58% for girls.
11. 1 in 40, primary school in India is conducted in open spaces or tents.
12. In Andhra Pradesh (South India), 52 upper primary schools were operating without a building in 2002, while in 1993, there were none.
13. In Maharashtra (West India), there were 10 schools operating without a building in 1993, this has climbed to 33 in 2002.
Statistics on Child Labour :
1. 17 million children in India work as per official estimates.
2. A study found that children were sent to work by compulsion and not by choice, mostly by parents, but with recruiter playing a crucial role in influencing decision.
3. When working outside the family, children put in an average of 21 hours of labour per week.
4. 19% of children employed work as domestic help.
5. 90% working children are in rural India.
6. Millions of children work to help their families because the adults do not have appropriate employment and income thus forfeiting schooling and opportunities to play and rest.
7. Poor and bonded families often "sell" their children to contractors who promise lucrative jobs in the cities and the children end up being employed in brothels, hotels and domestic work. Many run away and find a life on the streets.
8. There are approximately 2 million child commercial sex workers between the age of 5 and 15 years and about 3.3 million between 15 and 18 years.