“The Philippine National Bank is offering a scholarship grant for elementary, high school and college students for the academic year 2024-2025.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
Education
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“The Ministry of Education has issued guidelines stating that students under 16 years old are not allowed to enrol in coaching institutions or receive home tuition. Non-compliance is said to be a punishable offence. The central government has mandated that each state government is required to implement these guidelines”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The Ministry of Education issued guidelines on 16 January 2024, stating that coaching centres are required to hire tutors with at least a graduation qualification. Enrollment of students under the age of 16 is prohibite…
“CAPF exam being conducted in 13 regional languages for first time”
Youturn rated this: MISLEADING
“Taylor Swift is suing a student on publicizing information about her private jet usage”
Factcrescendo Thailand rated this: Explainer
“Karnataka state 10th standard exam timetable was released. All the exams are in the morning session, but for Friday. Why? Oh, time for Namaz?”
Youturn rated this: false
“(The) top issue for college students is the economy.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“With 17, 751 Grade 11 students enrolled in state and local universities and colleges (SUCs and LUCs) who have not received vouchers for the current school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) extends the Senior High School Voucher Program until they finish the next school year.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: In July 2023, DepEd issued a memorandum informing SUCs and LUCs that the Grade 11 voucher program beneficiaries will no longer be accepted from their schools beginning school year 2023-2024, following the lapse of a 201…
“The teacher claims that the student could not pay her school fees. He decided to marry her to save her from her poverty. It is very important to make education free!”
Youturn rated this: fake
“Think about what's happening to our country. Just this week, we saw the news that a school in Brooklyn, New York, had the kids stay home. They were not able to go to school, (were) told, ‘You can’t go get an in-person education.’ Why? Because the city's commandeering the school to house illegal aliens in it.”
PolitiFact rated this: omits key details
PolitiFact says: This characterization omits key details. He’s referring to a single-day displacement because of severe weather. No migrants remain in the school.
“The Commission on Higher Education gave a “sudden order” to stop admitting senior high school students”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
“Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav issued new directives prohibiting private schools from dressing students in Santa Claus attire on Christmas day”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav did not issue any such new orders prohibiting private schools from dressing their students in Santa Claus attire on Christmas day. The District Education officer in Madhya Pradesh’s Shajapu…
“This letter shows an apology from the University of Edinburgh to the Palestinian people for the 1917 Balfour Declaration.”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“Video shows the aftermath of a school prank in which students drank lemonade containing “horse laxatives.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The video does not show real high school students. It’s from the true crime satire show "American Vandal."
“A video from a Kerala-based Islamic Institute shows students being taught Sanskrit to prepare them for roles as temple priests”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is from the Academy of Sharia and Advanced Studies (ASAS) run by Malik Deenar Islamic Complex (MIC) in Thrissur, Kerala. ASAS Principal Onambilly Muhammad Faizi took the initiative to includ…
“BIG NEWS – MASSIVE Protests erupted at NIT Srinagar, triggered by allegations of blasphemous remarks made by a Marathi Hindu student. His personal details have been leaked; his sister’s photos are being morphed and posted. Bloodthirsty slogans including “Sar Tan Se J…” were raised. Fatwa was also issued against students.”
Youturn rated this: false
“The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has opened applications for a scholarship program for college students.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“DepEd has added Grade 13 to the basic education curriculum”
Vera Files rated this: False
“It is being said that he is a child of Dalit community, he has also kept his braid, he just made one mistake, he hid his caste from the teacher, because of his mistake he is being punished, where is the video, it is true Don’t know what the topic is but the child is being mistreated.”
Youturn rated this: false
“Video shows teacher teaching gender pronouns and being confronted by students”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: This clip shows a skit created by Jibrizy, an online video creator who says he makes videos to "start discussion." The original clip has a disclaimer at the end that it is scripted, but that is edited out of this version
“Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Recent polls show that well more than half of younger Americans broadly understand that the Holocaust occurred, though those surveys show that students knew less about more granular Holocaust information.