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Lanka Monthly Digest (LMD)
Sri Lanka’s National Shame (CEPA -Centre for Poverty Analysis)
Compiler / Translator: Fernando, Priyanthi and Alles, R.
Publisher: Media Services (Pvt.) Ltd
Place of Publish: Sri Lanka, Colombo
Year: 2013
Series: 13-Aug
Acc. No: 72-J
Category: Journals
Languages: English
Poverty has made a great impact on many areas in Sri Lanka and one such issue is child education. A large number of children have dropped out of school due to parents’ inability to pay for their education. This has led to child labour issues and even to sex tourism as well.
The article very clearly explains the importance of children receiving a quality education and thereby helping to eradicate child labour in Sri Lanka.
