To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and take the country forward to the path of prosperity, work is underway to rehabilitate one lakh children by freeing them from hazardous labour by 2025.
The information was given by the director of the labour department Abu Ashrif Mamud at a roundtable discussion titled "The role of trade unions and civil society in eliminating child labuor" at the CIRDAP auditorium in the capital on Saturday.
In the discussion, it was also said that about 12 lakh children working in different sectors of the country will be rehabilitated in phases by releasing them from risky jobs.
Veteran labour leader and former MP Shah Abu Jafar chaired the discussion.
In the fourth phase, one lakh children will be freed as the government has signed an agreement with 112 NGOs to eliminate child labour.
Earlier, a total of one lakh children have been released from hazardous work in three steps.
