“Madhya Pradesh Government is planning to shutdown 90% of the Government schools in the state”
What FACTLY found
This post has been viral since 2016. At that time, there was no initiative by the government to merge and shutdown the schools. However, on 01 May 2020, Madhya Pradesh Government launched CM Rise initiative, under which some Government schools are merged to result in bigger schools with better infrastructure. According to the official data by Government of India, there was a decline of 18.7% in the number of government schools in Madhya Pradesh in 2020-21, when compared to 2015-16
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 December 2016. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 September 2022, 2089 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=198233092591462&set=gm.1259697891516165&idorvanity=4…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.