Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) - Seychelles (Ratification: 1999)

Article 7(2) of the Convention. Effective and time-bound measures. Clause (a). Preventing the engagement of children in the worst forms of child labour. Access to free basic education. In reply to its previous request for information, the Committee takes due note of the data provided by the Government on the participation of students in vocational trainings in secondary schools, disaggregated by gender. The Government also indicates that, to ensure that children do not become victims of the worst forms of child labour, the list of school dropouts is communicated to the Employment Department, in order to encourage these young persons (aged 15 to 17 years) to register in a Skills Development Programme. This Programme provides on-the-job training for up to 18 months based on their occupational choice to ensure entry into the formal employment.

The Committee further notes, from the report of the Government submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), that the Ministry of Education holds one of the highest portions (14 per cent) of the National budget allocated to Ministries (CRC/C/SYC/7, 17 October 2022, paragraph 170). However, the Committee notes that the Government does not provide information on any specific measures taken to increase the school enrolment and attendance rates. The Committee therefore requests the Government to provide information on: (i) the measures taken or envisaged aimed at increasing the school enrolment and attendance rates and reducing the dropout rates and number of out-of-school children; and (ii) the results achieved, including by providing updated statistical data on enrolment, attendance and dropout rates for primary and lower secondary school levels.