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Online Activism : The Good, The Bad and The Responsible The internet has brought with it unprecedented access to information. This information has far-reaching effects, one of which is galvanizing people into mass action. People are able to experience global issues as they are happening, which means that reactions are intense and more purposeful

Hello everyone,
This is just a reminder to Young African scholars in tertiary institutions to contribute to the YARJ.

Please see the link below for more information and also please share among your colleagues and those you believe may need this information.

Thank You.

http://yararena.org/submissions.php

YARARENA::Young African Research Arena The Young African Research Journal (YARJ) is an initiative of the Young African Research Arena (YARA), a youth-led project that aims to encourage the enhancement of academic writing skills among African students (www.yararena.org)

http://www.converse4change.com/blog/2016/4/28/the-alarming-situation

A Looming Disaster? Despite the many advances in technology, healthcare, education, and economy world wide, it is tragic to note that most of the world's population of young people still live in very poor conditions.

http://www.converse4change.com/blog/2016/4/27/the-big-picture

THE WORLD IS VERY YOUNG, AND HERE'S THE PROOF! Previously, we've discussed the sheer number of young people in the world today. These figures and graphs show the results of thorough population research, and the implications of these statistics are quite staggering.

Hello Everyone,

Recently, Amazon the online retailer website proposed and is working towards the creation of its own OER platform to enable both teachers and students in schools in the United States Manage, Share, upload and discover open educational resources from their soon to be launched OER homepage.

Please see this link
https://marketbrief.edweek.org/marketplace-k-12/amazon-education-to-launch-new-website-for-open-ed-resources/

to know more about this Amazon Project which will be launched next month of May 2016.

Amazon is giving back to its society through this and hopefully African leaders will learn one or two things from this.

Amazon Education to Launch New Website for Open Education Resources - Market Brief Schools will be able to upload, manage, share, and discover open education resources on the plaftform when it is released in the next quarter.

Primary School education is the foundational and most basic level of education that sets the route a child will take when faced with choosing a career path in life, hence it is very important that a child in the early stages of his/her education is exposed to the best educational resources and materials the govenment can afford..

Given, it has not been easy for African Countries to come up with and sustain its education sector as a whole, however there is still hope for us in Africa. We need to pay a lot attention to the education of the younger generation so we can start winning the war agaisnt illiteracy in Africa, in the end, these will be future leaders of tomorrow whether we want it to be so or not and so African leaders owe them the duty of equipping them with the mental skill and capacity to sold rule or solve their own problems when the time comes.

Pursuant to the above introduction, I will encourage you to read the successful attempt of the Polish Government in revolutionising education for its younger generation in Poland below.

Thank you and have a great week.

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The Textbook of the Future

If you are Nigerian you would probably be interested in this
Essay Competition for young Nigerians.

Lots of cash prizes will be won by the winners.

Pleas share

http://www.yararena.org/blog/2016/03/the-nhef-2nd-annual-scholarship-essay-competition/

YARARENA::Blog

Hello Everyone,

Pursuant to our intention to resume publishing the YARA Journal once again, kindly visit our website at
http://yararena.com/submissions.php

in order to know what you have to do to be eligible to submit paper(s) for the Journal.
Please share this with your friends and colleagues as the case may be.

Thank you very much and hoping to hear from you soon.

The YARA Team.

YARARENA::Young African Research Arena The Young African Research Journal (YARJ) is an initiative of the Young African Research Arena (YARA), a youth-led project that aims to encourage the enhancement of academic writing skills among African students (www.yararena.org)

Hello Everyone,

In 2012 this project was birthed and given life, and for the past 2 years for reasons beyond our control, the YARA Team has been on a compulsory break, nevertheless we deeply apologise for going on such a break without giving you proper notice, but it was inevitable.

This project started as an avenue for young Africans to tell the African Story using the African narrative through our blog, and now it is bigger than that. Now we do not just tell the African story anymore, now we contribute to the education of Africans in our own capacity.
Late last year 2015 and earlier this year, UNESCO made a switch from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In making the transition, it was made clear that the world has failed its citizens woefully because the world fell short of fulfilling the MDGs, especially in Africa (which is really an indictment on African Leaders). Now, with the MDGs gone and the SDGs taking its place, one of the core goals of the latter is to see the literacy rate improve in Africa as well as make education more open and accessible on the continent.
Open Education is not just about easy access to education, it is also about easy access to research and academic materials both online and offline, and with the case of Africa where the literacy rate is poor (and most likely falling), the few who have access to education at all will be frustrated when they are required to pay to access research materials on the internet ergo discouraging intellectual growth.
It is not that there are no online Library out there, but a lot of these Libraries either want a subscription fees, or they are just simply hard to find. Nevertheless the YARA team dedicated time to finding and discovering online libraries from different Tertiary Institution (and also from Non-profit organizations) all over the world with open access to its library and ease of use. Also the papers found in these libraries must be used based on the copyright restrictions of such online library and the author of the research materials. All these among other things are going to be made available on our website to those in urgent need for research help.
In addition to this, the YARA team is extending its journal contributions and publications from "Only law students" to "everyone in the Social Sciences, Humanities and Law". The team decided to include the Social Sciences and Humanities because academic writing and research is not exclusive or limited the Law alone and these other faculties also deserve a chance to showcase their work.

Amazingly we never lost any follower, on the contrary we had lots of likes even during our 2 years hiatus, we thank you for keeping up with us and we assure you 2016 is just the beginning.
We may be far off from January 2016, we still hope you all enjoy the great moments of 2016 to come.

Thank you all for your patience.

Best
The YARA Team

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