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Checked by Vera Files16 Jul 2024Philippines Politics and government

Department of Education

“One day before resigning as Education secretary, Vice President Sara Duterte signed Department Order No. 008 adjusting the calendar for SY 2024-2025 to begin on July 29, 2024 and end on April 15, 2025.”

Vera Files rated this: Flip-flop

Vera Files says: In a Feb. 15 DepEd Order 003, Duterte set the 2024-2025 school calendar from July 29, 2024 to May 16, 2025. In April, she said public schools cannot immediately revert to the old academic calendar because teachers and l…

Checked by Vera Files18 Nov 2023Philippines Politics and government

Sara Duterte

“Vice President Sara Duterte will no longer pursue the proposed confidential funds for the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education because it has generated divisiveness.”

Vera Files rated this: Flip-flop

Vera Files says: Duterte earlier said that anyone who opposes the allocation of confidential funds is an enemy of the state.

Checked by Vera Files15 Nov 2023Philippines Politics and government

Sara Duterte

“Vice President Sara Duterte says the Department of Education "will no longer pursue the confidential funds" because "this issue is divisive.”

Vera Files rated this: Misleading

Vera Files says: While reiterating her decision to “no longer pursue” the request for confidential funds, Duterte asked the senators that the amount be reallocated instead to the DepEd’s National Learning Recovery Program.

Checked by PolitiFact7 Dec 2021United States Politics and government

Rick Scott, United States Senator

“In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Scott cited information from Virginia Dept. of Education as evidence that it is teaching critical race theory, but the documents he referenced were suggested reading and training material for educators, not students.