The directress of child welfare in GoSS ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare has condemned child labour in South Sudan.
Regina Oassa Lullo told the press in Juba that child labour is a serious issue that keeps children from school, Bakhita Radio reported.She explained that children who are not in school are likely to work at home or in the market places.
Ms. Oassa revealed that her ministry signed a memo with the ministries of education and labour and International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2009 to identify issues that encourage child labour.
She explained that the three ministries together with ILO would design ways to regulate child labour and encourage children to go to school.