“Tamil Elocution Competition at Srimathi’s school. Will this child commit suicide?”
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.
“The image shows actor Arpita Mukherjee, who was linked to TMC leader Partha Chatterjee and West Bengal's SSC exam.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“If attendance is not updated on the app before 10 am, teachers’ salaries will be deducted.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“the student’s father came to the district collector’s office and tried to set himself on fire”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Claim: sylendra babu interview was misinterpreted on the chinna salem private school issue”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Son of Ravi Kumar, The Correspondent of the school enters the school at night. Why did he come..?”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Homework was invented by an Italian teacher named Roberto Neville in 1905”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The concept of homework was present even before 1905. In 1901, the California legislature banned homework for students under 15 years of age. It is reported that the first mention of homework appeared in 1 AD in the wri…
“Bongbong Marcos gave a terse order to Sara Duterte to teach activists among university students a lesson”
Vera Files rated this: False
“‘School’ is an abbreviation for ‘Study Centre House of Organised Learning’”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: There is no evidence to show that ‘School’ means ‘Study Centre House of Organised Learning’. According to its etymology, ‘School’ is from Greek’s ‘Skhole’. ‘Skhole’ in Greek means leisure. ‘School’ in English means a pl…
“The latest data shows that 13,699 teachers on [the NSW Education Department] payroll system are not allowed to teach because of inadequate vaccination status.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Latham's claim is misleading. According to a report Mr Latham suggested was the source of his claim, only 865 teachers on the NSW Department of Education payroll were confirmed, as of March 31, to be unvaccinated or …
“‘If a university burns down or is destroyed otherwise, al the current students immediately graduate with a bachelor’s degree.’”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: There are no reports of universities awarding degrees to all the students at the time of any catastrophe. Further researchers and academicians have also rubbished the claim and described the claim as an urban legend. Ho…
“Video of a student setting himself on fire following the announcement of Agnipath scheme”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: This is an old video and is available on the internet at least since April 2021. When the same video went viral in Jordan lately, Jordanian news agencies have reported the video is from Pakistan’s Karachi
“Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: None of these pillars of U.S. society were ever directly controlled by overseas communists, much less all of them, more than a dozen historians say.
“Visuals of students who committed suicide following the announcement of Agnipath scheme”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: While it is true that there are reports of students committing suicide in light of the central government’s announcement of Agnipath scheme, none of the images shared in these viral posts are related to Agnipath scheme.…
“Mia Khalifa was invited to deliver a lecture at Pakistan’s Shah Latif University Khairpur”
Vishvas News rated this: FALSE
Vishvas News says: Mia Khalifa has not delivered any lecture at Shah Abdul Latif University.
“University of the Philippines ordered retired professor to endorse Robredo”
FactRakers rated this: FALSE
FactRakers says: The university issued no such order; it didn't endorse any candidate in the May 9 election
“The University of the Philippines is getting shut down.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“OPRF [Oak Park and River Forest High School] to implement race-based grading system in 2022-23 school year.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: An Illinois school district might implement "equitable grading," which would focus on student learning. But a conservative website misrepresented the idea as a "race-based grading system" in a story that went viral.
“There have been “no school shootings in Israel” because students carry weapons to class.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Only guards and other specific personnel — not students — can carry arms in Israeli schools and there have been school shootings in Israel.
“Claim: irrelevant picture shared as govt teacher lakshmi adopted 6 poor students in salem”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE