The Ministry of Labour has announced a drastic improvement in school attendance, punctuality and performance, and a reduction in students’ indiscipline, based on the preliminary results of the School Retention Programme implemented via the Tackle Pilot Project to stop child labour by keeping children in the school system.
The initiative is the result of an agreement signed in 2008 between the ministry, and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the ministry said in a press release. It provides about US$219,000 in funding for the Elimination of Child Labour via the Tackling Child Labour Through Education (Tackle) Project.
One of the components of the Tackle Project is the School Retention and Child Labour Prevention Program-me, which was launched in September 2011. It aims to ensure that children remain in the school system and complete their secondary education, in order to
