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MBABANE – Director of Save the Children Dumsani Mnisi said the organisation was against the violation of children rights.

Mnisi said despite the children not having money to pay for their school fees, Save the Children was against individuals taking advantage of them. He said they were already doing something to deal with the issue of child labour.

“I am happy that as an organisation under SWANCEFA, we stood up to go and see the minister of Education and Training requested them to come up with clear regulations directed to head teachers so that they desist from expelling owing learners. We have officially taken that step to officially advocate for all children to be allowed to

Part X of the employment Act No.5 of 1980 Section 97 speaking about the employment of children.

Section 97 Subsection 1 says, “No person shall employ any child in any industrial undertaking other than: An industrial undertaking in which only members of his immediate family are employed;

A technical school under the supervision of the teacher or person authorised by the remain in class even if they owe school fees,” said Mnisi.

He pleaded with the ministry to review the head teachers’ actions of sending owing learners home, since such a decision carried a negative impact in their lives.

“So many children are at home and this will result in some of them engaging in criminal activity. The police and those at the Social Welfare Department must deal with individuals committing such an offence,” he said.

He said children often became crazy once they got paid, even if they were exploited.

“We can’t blame them because they are young and don’t know about life. It is, therefore, important for everyone to ensure that every child went to school,” he pleaded. minister responsible for Education.”

According to subsection 2, “No person shall employ any child in any undertaking during school hours; between the hours of 6pm of one day and 7am of the following day; for more than six hours in any one day; more than 33 hours in one week and for more than four weeks continuously, without an interval of at least one hour for a meal or rest.