Abstract

Ricotta Chilong, Gangaa Ahmed

Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful. In the present study an attempt to know the attitude of Post-Graduate Students towards Child Labour in Purulia District of West Bengal. 150 P.G. Students of Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University in Purulia district of West Bengal were taken as representative sample for the whole population. Stratified random sampling technique was followed for selecting the Departments. An attitude scale towards Child Labour was used for collecting the data. The means of both groups were tested for significance of difference by using CR test. Results indicated that the attitude of P.G. Male and Female, General and SC/ST students were statistically not significant. The attitude of P.G. Rural and Urban, Arts and Science students were statistically significant and the attitude of Post-Graduate Students towards Child Labour was satisfactory or average