ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

(Department of Sociology)

Course: Sociology of child rights and child development (9433)

Level: BS Programme Semester: Spring, 2025

Please read the following instructions for writing your assignments. (AD, BS, Bed, MA/MSc, MEd) (ODL Mode).

1. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks but within a question the marks are distributed according to its requirements.

2. Read the question carefully and then answer it according to the requirements of the questions.

3. Avoid irrelevant discussion/information and reproducing from books, study guide or allied material.

4. Handwritten scanned assignments are not acceptable.

5. Upload your typed (in Word or PDF format) assignments on or before the due date.

6. Your own analysis and synthesis will be appreciated.

7. Late assignments can’t be uploaded at LMS.

8. The students who attempt their assignments in Urdu/Arabic may upload a scanned copy of their handwritten assignments (in PDF format) on University LMS. The size of the file should not exceed 5MP.

Total marks: 100 Pass marks: 50

ASSIGNMENT NO. 1

(Unit 1-4)

Q.1. When and how children become the focus of the world? Give facts and figures and discuss different steps taken by the world. (20)

Q.2. How is a child defined? What is physical, cognitive and social development among children? (20)

Q.3. Write and discuss the role of parents and teachers in the intellectual development of a child. (20)

Q.4. Being Muslims, what do you know about children’s rights in Islam? Discuss with references. (20)

Q.5. Discuss in detail the Articles of CRC for the protection of children in the world. (20)

Total marks: 100 Pass marks: 50

ASSIGNMENT NO. 2

(Unit 5-9)

Q.1. How is child labour defined? What do you know about the situation of child labour in Pakistan? Discuss with facts and figures and give examples. (20)

Q.2. Why and how do children to adopt delinquent behaviour? Who plays an important role? Discuss in detail. (20)

Q.3. How does juvenile delinquency affect children? Discuss at length with examples from Pakistani scenario. (20)

Q.4. Why is close coordination between different departments working for child rights/ protection important? How it affects the welfare of children in Pakistan. (20)

Q.5. What is the Zainab Alert, response and recovery Act, of 2020? What is the origin of Zainab Alert? Explain in detail. (20)