Critical analysis on the children and young person Employment Act 1966 and the Education Act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in Malaysia

Objective – It is observed that the phenomena of working children is a long-standing issue in most under-developed and developing countries of the world and the number increases each year in the light of challenging domestic social and economic conditions. The question is whether the relevant law ha...

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Main Authors:	Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal, Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum, Mohamed, Azizah, Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Amuda, Yusuff Jelili
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	GATR Enterprise 2015
Subjects:	K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law
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spelling	iium-493642016-10-04T01:00:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/49364/ Critical analysis on the children and young person Employment Act 1966 and the Education Act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in Malaysia Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Mohamed, Azizah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Amuda, Yusuff Jelili K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law Objective – It is observed that the phenomena of working children is a long-standing issue in most under-developed and developing countries of the world and the number increases each year in the light of challenging domestic social and economic conditions. The question is whether the relevant law has a special exemption to allow children to work and to what extent the law accommodates scenarios obtained from the empirical study for the purpose of this research? The objective of this research is to examine the reason children goes to work instead of pursuing an education. Methodology/Technique – The survey involved interviewing through a set questionnaire 557 working children in six states in Malaysia. Based on the survey, the Children and Young Person Employment Act 1966 is critically reviewed to evaluate the scope of protections for working children in Malaysia. Findings – Based on the empirical analysis, it is found that the majority of the working children in Malaysia worked to help their family economically and they are not happy with their current job. The children in this context reported that they regretted not attending school as their have to work to help their family. Novelty – By adopting content analysis on the current act, this research discovers that due to lack of efficient implementation of existing legal regimes, especially the Education Act 1996 to deal with an issue pertaining to children not attending schools. This research concludes that effective implementation of all legislation dealing with working children and their compulsory education may have a positive impact on overall child labor management in Malaysia. GATR Enterprise 2015-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/49364/1/20._Marhanum_Che_Mohd_Salleh.pdf Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal and Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum and Mohamed, Azizah and Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali and Amuda, Yusuff Jelili (2015) Critical analysis on the children and young person Employment Act 1966 and the Education Act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in Malaysia. Global Journal of Business and Social Science Review, 4 (1). pp. 157-166. ISSN 2289-8506 http://www.gjbssr.org/
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Mohamed, Azizah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Amuda, Yusuff Jelili Critical analysis on the children and young person Employment Act 1966 and the Education Act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in Malaysia
description	Objective – It is observed that the phenomena of working children is a long-standing issue in most under-developed and developing countries of the world and the number increases each year in the light of challenging domestic social and economic conditions. The question is whether the relevant law has a special exemption to allow children to work and to what extent the law accommodates scenarios obtained from the empirical study for the purpose of this research? The objective of this research is to examine the reason children goes to work instead of pursuing an education. Methodology/Technique – The survey involved interviewing through a set questionnaire 557 working children in six states in Malaysia. Based on the survey, the Children and Young Person Employment Act 1966 is critically reviewed to evaluate the scope of protections for working children in Malaysia. Findings – Based on the empirical analysis, it is found that the majority of the working children in Malaysia worked to help their family economically and they are not happy with their current job. The children in this context reported that they regretted not attending school as their have to work to help their family. Novelty – By adopting content analysis on the current act, this research discovers that due to lack of efficient implementation of existing legal regimes, especially the Education Act 1996 to deal with an issue pertaining to children not attending schools. This research concludes that effective implementation of all legislation dealing with working children and their compulsory education may have a positive impact on overall child labor management in Malaysia.
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author	Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Mohamed, Azizah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Amuda, Yusuff Jelili
author_facet	Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Mohamed, Azizah Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Amuda, Yusuff Jelili
author_sort	Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal
title	Critical analysis on the children and young person Employment Act 1966 and the Education Act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in Malaysia
title_short	Critical analysis on the children and young person Employment Act 1966 and the Education Act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in Malaysia
title_full	Critical analysis on the children and young person Employment Act 1966 and the Education Act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Critical analysis on the children and young person Employment Act 1966 and the Education Act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Critical analysis on the children and young person Employment Act 1966 and the Education Act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in Malaysia
title_sort	critical analysis on the children and young person employment act 1966 and the education act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in malaysia
publisher	GATR Enterprise
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/49364/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/49364/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/49364/1/20._Marhanum_Che_Mohd_Salleh.pdf
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Critical analysis on the children and young person Employment Act 1966 and the Education Act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in Malaysia

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