Children of seasonal migrant workers, working in brick kilns, crusher units and construction places in Odisha are deprived of school education as there were no schooling facilities near the work place, they said.
In Ganjam district, about 1970 children of migrant workers were detected in 25 km radius of Chhatrapur, Chikiti, Digapahandi, Ganjam, Hinjilikatu, Kukudakhandi, Patrapur, Purosottampur, Rangeilunda, Seragarh and Sankhemundi blocks.
The out-of-school students were detected during a survey conduced in the work places recently by Aide et Action International and Unicef in collaboration with local NGOs.
South Asia Regional Director of Aide et Action, Umi Daniel presented the survey report at a workshop on the future strategy on migrant child labour held here over the weekend.
