RECENT reports on child labour show that at least six million children aged between five and 17 years could be engaged in labour.
"Children who are forced out of school to child labour to help supplement income of their families are denied the opportunity to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to aid them get decent employment in future leading to the poverty cycle," reads one of the report.
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