International NGO Journal Vol. 1 (3), pp. 032-040, December 2006          
© 2006 Academic Journals

Article

Children in the drivers’ seat

Lolichen PJ

Assistant Director The Concerned for Working Children (CWC) 303/2, L B Shastri Nagar Bangalore – 560 017 India. E-Mail: loliblr@rediffmail.com ; cwc@pobox.com ; Web: www.workingchild.org

‘Participation’ is highly fashionable, and it is highly talked about especially among social scientists and develop-ment activists. It is a progressive word extensively used by social and anthropological researchers. One hears of participatory planning, participatory evaluative process-es, participatory programme implementation, participa-tory research, and on and on.