“Read this cutting of old News paper of 1987 the Name of Rapist is Arvind Kejriwal Student of ITT.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
Education
653 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“So we're providing the biggest cost of living increase in 30 years to pensioners, carers, JobSeekers, single parents, students & more. Labor cares.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Watt's claim is misleading. The September 2022 boost to welfare payments was a routine increase designed to ensure payments keep pace with the cost of living. By design, these regular increases maintain but do n…
“18% GST is applicable on education in India”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: 18% GST is applicable on education in India
“India is the only country where students have mandatory 75% classroom attendance rule”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: Educational institutions in other Asian countries like Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea also implement 75% attendance rule for their students. Also, few universities in European countries like Netherlands and Finland…
“In Kashmir, government school teachers are making students sing ‘Raghupathi Raghava Raja Ram’ for their own benefit”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The school education department of the government of Kashmir has released a month-long calendar of activities for celebrating the 153rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory (JKUT). Th…
“Leni Robredo’s appointment as a Hauser Leader at Harvard Kennedy School is a result of her connection with Filipina-American businesswoman and philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Video clip of Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh saying, “We used to keep our feet on our teacher’s head”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: Full length videos of Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s speech shows that he had immediately corrected his mistake by saying, “To take our teacher’s blessings, we used to keep our head at his feet”. But the viral video doesn’t sh…
“A student’s mother in Tamil Nadu poisoned her daughter’s classmate for scoring higher marks than her daughter. The little kid is dead now. The rot that Dravidian ideology got TN into is horrible.”
Youturn rated this: Misleading
“The University of the Philippines system is being shut down”
Vera Files rated this: False
“In Namakkal district, 1,154 students were given free bicycles worth Rs 6½ crore by Minister Mathiventhan. Then the cost of a bicycle given to a student is Rs.56325.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) are not eligible to receive education aid from the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.”
Vera Files rated this: Flip-flop
Vera Files says: On Aug. 18, Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo said 4Ps beneficiaries "are included in this program."
“Old dancing video of nine-year-old boy Indra Meghwal who was allegedly beaten to death by a teacher”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The boy dancing in the video is Harish Bheel, a class-II student at Government Upper Primary school, Gomrakh dham, chohtan block, Barmer district, Rajasthan. He is not Indra Meghwal who was allegedly beaten to death by …
“A video of a school stage play in which a girl dressed as ‘Mother India’ was made to offer Namaz in Lucknow”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is a clipped one. A full video of the stage play shows the school children sending out a message not to fight in the name of religion and to maintain social harmony. As part of this play, a …
“The Department of Social Welfare and Development or DSWD is offering a scholarship program for students. Students will receive a P6,500 cash allowance, a laptop and cell phone, and school supplies. Mothers will also receive a P7,000 monthly allowance.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“Video of a teacher mercilessly beating a Dalit child in Rajasthan for drinking water from from a pot”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: This video is from an incident that took place in Patna, Bihar. Chhotu, working as a tutor in a private tuition centre brutally thrashed a child. According to the owner of tuition centre, he did this because he is suffe…
“Claim: misleading being shared that north indian students copying each other in neet exam”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Video of a reporter exposing fake teachers working in the place of their relatives in a government school”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is a scripted one. This scripted drama was created by YouTuber Harsh Rajput for entertainment and awareness purposes. The disclaimer of the video states it as a complete fictional scripted d…
“Claim: this girl is not chinna salem private school student srimathi”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Image of Rs. 500 bribe offered to an evaluator by a Bihar student to make him pass the chemistry examination”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The photo in the post showing the currency notes and the answer sheet is of a 2018 incident that happened in Uttar Pradesh