I think that in an orthodox society like India sex determination of an unborn child should not be permitted because it will definitely be misused by the would-be-parents to eliminate the female child.
Child labour and its problems are intimately related to the extreme poverty. They belong to the families of total have-nots who do not have any other means to raise their income except the human asset to invest a bid to supplement it.
Child-centred education is a sort of revolt against subject-centred education. Child-centred Education seeks to provide natural flow of activity and spontaneous growth of the child. He must be allowed to enjoy complete freedom of action subject to the condition that he should not interfere with the freedom of others.
Child labourers are exploited, exposed to hazardous work conditions and paid a pittance for their long hours of work. They belong to the unorganized labour force. The Constitution of India says that:
Labourers below the age of 14 years are called child labour. India has the largest number of child labour in the world. According to the census figures of 1991, India has 11.29 million child labourers which constitute 1.34 per cent of the total population of our country.
Children are the most vulnerable section of our society. They need special care and protection if the future of the nation is to be made secure, child development and welfare is in the priorities of social development.
This Wordsworth statement perhaps means that the qualities exhibited by a child will deepen and appear in a marked form when the child grows up into a man. By observing and studying the behaviour, the inclinations, the preferences, the prejudices and the tendencies of child we can form an idea as to what sort of man he will develop into.
Can we eliminate child labour? Though it is a desirable goal the fact remains that in the given socio-economic scenario that is prevalent in our country, it is virtually impossible to do away with child labour.
Will definitely sound inexcusably sentimental and inaccurate to any modern mind. The conception that childhood is a happy and care free period of human life has long been discarded.
The role of education is to modify the behavior of a child. Child is the central focus in this system. Without child, the entire educational system is meaningless. Therefore, modern educations give importance to child-centered curriculum.