Constitutional Provisions for Children’s Rights

  • Article 24: No child below the age of 14 years shall be employed to work in any factory, or mine, or engaged in any other hazardous employment.
  • Article 21 (A): The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children between six years and 14 years.
  • Article 39-e:The State shall direct its policy towards securing that the health and strength of workers, men and women and the tender age of children are not abused and that they are not forced by economic necessity to enter vocations unsuited to their age and strength.
  • Article 39-f: Children shall be given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and that their childhood and youth shall be protected against moral and material abandonment.
  • Article 45: The State shall endeavour to provide within a period of 10 years from the commencement of the Constitution for free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of 14 years.