There are 940,000 Child Workers in Indonesia, Many Drop Out of School
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Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower explicitly prohibits employers from employing children under the age of 18.
However, in reality, many Indonesian children still leave school and become workers.
According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), in 2021 there were approximately 940,000 people aged 10-17 years classified as child laborers.
This number is slightly down from the previous year, where the number of child laborers was 1.17 million in 2020.
The decrease in the number of child laborers from 2020 to 2021 was also accompanied by a decrease in the child labor rate. In 2021, the child labor rate was recorded at 2.63%, slightly lower than in 2020, which reached 3.25%.
BPS data also shows that in 2021, the number of child laborers based on school participation was dominated by those who were no longer attending school or had dropped out, namely 15.03%.
Then, the number of child laborers who had never attended school was 2.82%, and those still attending school was 2.04%.
Besides risking the loss of their right to education, child laborers are also at risk of entering dangerous work situations that can threaten their optimal growth and development.
(Also Read: 10 Provinces with the Highest Number of Kidnapping and Child Labor Cases)
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