South African final-year high school students will have to rewrite their exams due to leaks.
Source: Facebook (November 2020)
Education officials said this claim was false, while universities confirmed they are still considering offers.
Four claims about national healthcare and education funding in Nigeria, and the cost of the country’s national assembly
Source: Social media graphic (October 2020)
Two incorrect, two understated
Three claims about education in Ekiti state in southwestern Nigeria
Source: Governor Kayode Fayemi (February 2020)
Two incorrect, one unproven
In their history, Nigerian universities have not had more than 15 vice-chancellors.
Source: The Guardian newspaper, Nigeria (November 2019)
Available data reveals there have been at least 20 female vice-chancellors.
50% of young women in northern Nigeria have no formal education
Source: Coca-Cola Nigeria (March 2019)
Two reliable data sources show about half of women aged 15 to 24 in the north don’t attend school
Four promises from a 2018 national address.
Source: 2018 state of the nation address.
Two promises kept, one broken and one still in progress.
Four claims about economic and educational progress in Uganda.
Source: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (January 2019)
One correct, one mostly correct, one misleading, one incorrect
Eight claims from the ANC’s 2019 "January 8th statement"
Source: ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa
Three correct, two mostly correct, one incorrect, two misleading
During its 2014 election campaign, the African National Congress promised to enrol a record number of students in TVET colleges. Five years later we check if they kept their word.
60% of South African TVET colleges remain dysfunctional
Source: Democratic Alliance MP Yusuf Cassim (October 2018)
Claim based on old pass rate for one qualification