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Tag: education

More than 15 female vice-chancellors have led Nigerian universities, but higher education still a man’s world

Claim

In their history, Nigerian universities have not had more than 15 vice-chancellors.
Source: The Guardian newspaper, Nigeria (November 2019)

incorrect

Verdict

Available data reveals there have been at least 20 female vice-chancellors.

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06:43 | 6 December 2019 (GMT)

  • education
  • female
  • university
  • vice-chancellors

Coca-Cola is right: 50% of young women in northern Nigeria have no formal education

Claim

50% of young women in northern Nigeria have no formal education
Source: Coca-Cola Nigeria (March 2019)

correct

Verdict

Two reliable data sources show about half of women aged 15 to 24 in the north don’t attend school

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10:25 | 25 June 2019 (GMT)

  • Coca-Cola
  • education
  • formal education
  • women

Has SA’s President Ramaphosa kept his 2018 State of the Nation promises?

Claims

Four promises from a 2018 national address.
Source: 2018 state of the nation address.

checked

Verdict

Two promises kept, one broken and one still in progress.

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06:57 | 6 February 2019 (GMT)

  • education
  • health
  • jobs
  • promises

Did President Museveni get his facts right about Uganda’s development?

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni attends a High Level Consultation Meeting with other African leaders on the DR Congo election at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 17 January 2019. Photo: AFP/EDUARDO SOTERAS

Claims

Four claims about economic and educational progress in Uganda.
Source: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (January 2019)

checked

Verdict

One correct, one mostly correct, one misleading, one incorrect

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09:13 | 31 January 2019 (GMT)

  • development
  • economy
  • education
  • Museveni

ANC at 107: Eight birthday claims by party leader Ramaphosa fact-checked

A helicopter flies a giant flag of South Africa's ruling African National Congress with a picture of President Cyril Ramaphosa over Durban in January 2019 as the party urged people to register to vote for upcoming elections. Photo: AFP/RAJESH JANTILAL

Claims

Eight claims from the ANC’s 2019 "January 8th statement"
Source: ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa

checked

Verdict

Three correct, two mostly correct, one incorrect, two misleading

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09:52 | 10 January 2019 (GMT)

  • ANC
  • economy
  • education
  • employment
  • health
  • water

ANC breaks promise of 1.5 million vocational college students by 2019

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.

06:58 | 17 December 2018 (GMT)

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  • education
  • youth

Are 60% of South Africa’s vocational colleges dysfunctional?

Claims

60% of South African TVET colleges remain dysfunctional
Source: Democratic Alliance MP Yusuf Cassim (October 2018)

misleading

Verdict

Claim based on old pass rate for one qualification

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06:09 | 17 December 2018 (GMT)

  • education
  • youth

Number of qualified primary school teachers and grade 6 literacy in Nigeria higher than claimed

A boy and a girl read books in a mobile library in Nigeria in January 2018. Photo: AFP/STEFAN HEUNIS

Claims

Two claims about primary education in Nigeria
Source: Oando Foundation

checked

Verdict

Both claims incorrect

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12:00 | 17 September 2018 (GMT)

  • education
  • Literacy rate
  • nigeria

Women teach and men lead? Gender inequality in South African schools examined

A female teacher at Ibhongo High School in Soweto in January 2008. Photo: AFP/ALEXANDER JOE

Claim

Female teachers make up about 68% of the country’s teaching force. But only 36% of principals are women.
Source: Academic Nuraan Davids (August 2018)

mostly-correct

Verdict

72.5% of teachers, 37.3% of principals on state payroll are women

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06:48 | 3 September 2018 (GMT)

  • education
  • Gender inequality
  • reader suggestion
  • Teachers

Crisis in Nigerian schooling? Grading three claims by presidential hopeful

A boy and a girl sit and read books in the I-Read mobile library on 30 January 30 2018, in Lagos.The 'mobile library' project was launched in 2013 by Funmi Ilori. Today, she has 13 employees, 1,900 books and four vans. She visits four to six schools each day, and organises reading workshops with volunteers on evenings and weekends in the slums for out-of-school children. Photo: AFP/ Stefan Heunis

Claims

Three claims on drop out pupils and progression to secondary school
Source: Donald Duke, Facebook page @RealDonaldduke

checked

Verdict

Different ratings ranging from exaggerated to incorrect.

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09:43 | 31 July 2018 (GMT)

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