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NEW DELHI: The Coronavirus pandemic has affected all walks of life, primarily, it has brought about an economic crisis along with it. And if reports are to be believed as per what has been studied by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, one in every five children might have to drop out of school.

In a case study that is titled ‘A Study on Impact of Lockdown and Economic Disruption on Low-Income Households with Special Reference to Children’ by the foundation has come to being post responses that have come in from both, non-profit organizations as well as households from states prone to trafficking.

With the constant trickling down of the economy due to the virus, it has subjected the students from low-income households to a higher vulnerability of dropping out, as has been reported through a survey. Some of the concerning issues that these states are facing due to the financial crisis include child labor, trafficking, and school dropout.

The findings also have it that if the financial crisis continues, over 20 percent of households will witness school dropouts in the near future. While that is alarming, something that is more concerning is how over 21% of the parents were ready to send their underage children to the city for work, subjecting them to child labor. Over 44 percent of the households were concerned about employment and were ready or could be ready to send their children to urban areas.

 While the lockdown has been difficult and created a lot of trouble, what has also been worrying is how surveyed households revealed that over 2/3rd of the children did not study at home given the shut down of educational institutions.  In addition, the report also mentions how these children are having a difficult time staying away from school and also having a lack of food among other issues. 

Another growing concern is the issue of child marriages amid the COVID-19 virus as over 13% of households might marry off their daughters instead of sending them to school. And out of this, 30% of them belong to SC communities.

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