Report lists Tanzania’s worst child labour offenders

Dar es Salaam. Manufacturing, construction, agriculture, forestry and fishing are among the sectors notorious for employing children.  

According to the National Children Labour (NCHL) survey the severity of child labour increases with age, as there is relatively higher incidence for children aged between 14 and 17 years (43.9 per cent) compared to those aged 12 and 13 years (35.5 per cent) and children between 5 and 11 years (22.1 per cent),” reads part of the report.

The findings of the report released by the National Bureau of Statistics last week reveal that the main reasons children work is to supplement incomes of households that cannot afford to pay for education or training.

The report also found out that Dar es Salaam has the highest proportion of children working in households at about 96.8 per cent compared to the average in other urban areas of 76.4 per cent and rural areas 74 .1 per cent