Special training programmes designed for children of sex workers

Updated on: Monday, December 26, 2011

Thanks to the Right to Education Act, 2009, that aims at taking education to every segment of the society and include it in the mainstream, the department of basic education is embarking upon a new exercise wherein children of sex workers in the state would be provided free and compulsory education upto class 8.

Talking to TOI, zila basic shiksha adhikari Dr Brijesh Chandra Mishra said that uptil now the department had focussed on bringing child labourers working in roadside dhabas, restaurants, small scale industrial units, etc., under one roof. However, taking cue from the decision of the West Bengal government which brought these children under the umbrella of formal education, the department decided to introduce the measure in Uttar Pradesh also. "After all, they also have equal right to education as other children of deprived sections of society," Mishra said.

Times of India

Special training programmes designed for children of sex workers

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