BBC School Report @ MEA
16th March 2017
The reporting Team
Today's Headlines
Words Can Kill
Human Trafficking
False News
The Youth and Unemployment
Supernova
Words Can Kill
Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year
- Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying
- 1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene 4% of the time
- By the age of 14 less than 30% of boys and 40% of girls will talk to their peers about bullying ... (continue)
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a crime of illegal transportation and trade of humans, most commonly for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery or commercial sexual exploitation for the traffickers or others. It’s not always transporting from one country to another but it can be from an area to area. Human Trafficking is a highly organized and lacerative (producing a great deal of profit) business. ... (continue)
False News
Is our news Fake or real? The big question arises.
The creator of the web comes to speak out to the public.
Sir Tim-Berners Lee assures the public he will put back a level of control in the people’s hands. ...(continue)
The Youth and Unemployment
‘Unemployment’ This word does seem very scary in a way. One of the most dreadful things is; not being employed. Now, youth unemployment is an urgent and a very complex situation challenging the society globally. It has been said that more than 600 million young people (worldwide) are currently not in education, employment or training. ... (continue)
Supernova
A scientist predicted that the explosion will be 1000 times brighter than normal. It will cover up our night sky with colourful clouds that’ll explore our universe. The two stars that will explode together are orbiting each other so that will give them a terminal death that can’t be stopped. ... (continue)