National education strategy discussed in Dushanbe
The Tajik capital hosted on July 21 a national seminar on integration of child labour issues in the education sector’s policies.
21 July 2010
The three-day seminar in Dushanbe brought together representatives of regional departments on children’s rights, trade unions, the Employers’ Union, and members of the national working group on the elimination of child labour in Tajikistan.
The seminar was organized by the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC) and UNICEF.
Muhayo Khosabekova, ILO-IPEC Project Coordinator in Tajikistan, said the seminar was a very timely event.
Participants developed measures of the education sector’s reaction to child labour. It is planned that proposals put forward at the event will be reflected at the national education strategy.
Source: avesta.tj