Many people believe that the meaning of education is to send children to school. But this is a very conservative definition of education. Education, in fact, is a process which will lead the children into safer, sounder and more peaceful atmosphere. For this, there is a great need for good education. Good education consists of many components including transparency, ethics, dynamism and self-reliance.
Many people think that compulsory education can resolve many problems connected to children.
But this cannot be achieved without concrete political commitment and active participation of the government, society and NGO-sector. Therefore, the popular slogan of the compulsory education will not be materialised unless it addresses the situation which make the children deprived of the right to education. Besides, we should not forget that both formal and non-formal education including vocational education or functional education have important role to play in the elimination of child labour. Despite many problems of working children, child labour used to be non-issue in this country. It is because of the continuous efforts of child rights and human rights movement, the issue has been converted into a political and social agenda today.