“The central government is going to stop providing scholarships for SC students from the next term”
Social media posts
Claim dated 9 Sep 2023.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The article mentioned in the post is from 2018. The union government stopped the pre-matric scholarship scheme for SCs and other minorities in classes 1 to 8 from 2022 as the Right to Education Act covers compulsory free education up to class 8
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 September 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 September 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9wXJOMcz7/
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