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Poverty
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Parental
illiteracy
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Tradition
of making children learn the family skills
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Absence
of universal compulsory Primary education
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Social
apathy and tolerance of child labour
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Ignorance
of the parents about the adverse consequences of Child labour
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Ineffective
enforcement of the legal provisions pertaining to child labour
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Non-availability
of and non-accessibility to schools
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Irrelevant
and non-attractive school curriculum
Employers
prefer children as they constitute cheap labour and they are not
able to organize themselves against exploitation.
