Child rights to be introduced as course in varsities
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
FE Report
The child rights will be introduced as course in all universities gradually, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Shirin Sharmin Choudhury said.
She said, "Already child rights has been included as course in honours and M Phil in some universities and we will take steps to gradually introduce it in all universities in the country."
She said this as the chief guest at a seminar titled "Child Rights in Higher Studies" organised jointly by University Grants Commission and Save the Children.
The state minister said, "Around 15 million to 16 million children are involved in labour and all of them are working as bread earners in their families. To refrain these children from being employed in labour the government has to provide subsidy as much as the children earn for their families, which is so expensive. So we are thinking of stopping child labour."
"We will take steps soon to provide food and education to street children and the national child policy will be finalised soon," she added.
University Grants Commission Chairman Nazrul Islam, Department of Women and Gender Studies of Dhaka University Emeritus Professor Nazma Chowdhry, Save the Children Country Director Birgit Lundbak and University Grants Commission member Amena Begum, among others, were present at the seminar.
The child rights will be introduced as course in all universities gradually, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Shirin Sharmin Choudhury said.
She said, "Already child rights has been included as course in honours and M Phil in some universities and we will take steps to gradually introduce it in all universities in the country."
She said this as the chief guest at a seminar titled "Child Rights in Higher Studies" organised jointly by University Grants Commission and Save the Children.
The state minister said, "Around 15 million to 16 million children are involved in labour and all of them are working as bread earners in their families. To refrain these children from being employed in labour the government has to provide subsidy as much as the children earn for their families, which is so expensive. So we are thinking of stopping child labour."
"We will take steps soon to provide food and education to street children and the national child policy will be finalised soon," she added.
University Grants Commission Chairman Nazrul Islam, Department of Women and Gender Studies of Dhaka University Emeritus Professor Nazma Chowdhry, Save the Children Country Director Birgit Lundbak and University Grants Commission member Amena Begum, among others, were present at the seminar.