'No to Child Labour, Yes to Education'

Children of landless labourers in Andhra Pradesh's Ranga Reddy district now attend school instead of employing their labour to augment a meagre family income. The impetus has come from their parents who have been active participants in the process. This paper looks at the initiatives of an NGO seeking to eradicate child labour and attempts to explain why this endeavour differed from other attempts to universalise education and eradicate child labour.