A “fact-based” account has Twitter talking about South Africa’s education system. But do its claims add up?
Report: Validating ‘the truth’ about SA’s education system
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Report: Are Nigerian immigrants top of the class in the US?
Pushing back against US President Donald Trump’s allegedly disparaging comments against their compatriots, a diaspora group said Nigerians in the US top the education charts. Does the evidence support this?
Report: Yes, education & jobs ‘belong to same WhatsApp group’, as SA’s Malema said
The leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters party, Julius Malema, claimed that only 5% of graduates are unemployed.
Report: Has Nigeria’s president not built even a nursery school, as Jonathan aide claimed?
Muhammadu Buhari is failing the country’s education sector, an adviser of the previous administration has charged. But do his claims make the grade?
Report: Anti-poverty group misleads with patchwork of data on women’s education in Africa
Anti-poverty campaign group ONE is shining a spotlight on 10 countries, nine of them in Africa, where girls find it “toughest” to get an education. But does the data bear this out?
Report: Do only 14% of South Africans read books?
South Africa’s basic education minister often berates the lack of a book-reading culture among South Africans. But is the situation as dire as she suggests?
Report: SA’s secret-ballot debate: 6 ANC achievements scrutinised
Debating a motion of no confidence, a senior leader of the ruling African National Congress party highlighted several accomplishments attained under their watch. Was Minister Nathi Mthethwa spot on?
Report: Does Nigeria have the world’s most girls out-of-school, as activist Malala claimed?
Celebrated girls’ rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai visited Nigeria where she called for a state of emergency on education. Does she get full marks for her claim that the country has the most out-of-school girls globally?
Factsheet: FACTSHEET: How South African universities fare in global rankings (and does it matter?)
South African universities dominate world university rankings on the continent. But how do ranking bodies determine if one university is better than another and can you really create objective “league tables”?
Report: WHO figure wrong: 11% of births in sub-Saharan Africa to teen mothers – not 50%
Until Africa Check started looking into it, the World Health Organization said on the French version of its website that a startling half of births in sub-Saharan Africa are to teen mothers.