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Ghana strengthens child labour monitoring

August 28, 2010

A database system for monitoring and tracking information on child labour issues in Ghana was launched in Accra on Friday with a call on various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies not to compromise on canker.

The Child Labour Monitoring System (CLMS) would facilitate effective child labour interventions by identifying child labourers and linking them to satisfactory and sustainable alternatives such as schooling and skills training.



Mr. Enoch Teye Mensah, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, who launched the programme, said CLMS was a tool that would enable government take action against child labour.

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