School children forced into manual labour in Indian BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A shocking incident has emerged after children, studying in a junior high school, were forced to perform manual labour in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh Banda district.
According to Kashmir Media Service, a video, showing students dressed in their school uniforms loading sand, has gone viral on social media, raising serious concerns about the functioning of the Education Department in Banda district of the state.
The incident is reported from Achharaund Gram Panchayat in Banda. In the clip, several children can be seen using shovels and metal pans to load sand, work considered inappropriate and illegal for minors. Allegedly, the task was assigned to them by school authorities, including teachers.
The video was recorded by Mahendra, son of Rampal and a resident of Acharaundh village. Mahendra said that his children, Riyansh and Riyansi, are enrolled in the same junior high school, adding the students are not only being made to carry out manual labour but are also subjected to discriminatory treatment at the school.
Expressing concern over the situation, Mahendra said, “My children go to school to study, yet they are being made to perform manual labour there.
The incident has triggered outrage among locals and on social media, with many demanding strict action against those involved. Forcing children into labour within school premises and outside is not only unethical but also a punishable offence under the law.
Although child labour has been declared a criminal offense, children are being turned into labourers by their very teachers within the schools.
