Number of qualified primary school teachers and grade 6 literacy in Nigeria higher than claimed
Claims
Two claims about primary education in Nigeria
Source: Oando Foundation
checked
Verdict
Both claims incorrect
Tag: education
Women teach and men lead? Gender inequality in South African schools examined
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
Crisis in Nigerian schooling? Grading three claims by presidential hopeful
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.
checked
Buhari’s 2018 Democracy Day speech: 7 main claims under scrutiny
Giving his second commemorative Democracy Day speech, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari listed several achievements of his government during the past three years in power. Do his claims tally?
Does SA invest three times more in education than Kenya?
Claim
South Africa spends three times more on education than Kenya
Source: Alvin Botes, South African MP(May 2018)
incorrect
Verdict
If education budgets are compared as share of GDP, SA spends only 1.1 times more
checked
Validating ‘the truth’ about SA’s education system
A “fact-based” account has Twitter talking about South Africa’s education system. But do its claims add up?
Are Nigerian immigrants top of the class in the US?
Claim
Nigerians are the most educated immigrants in the United States
Source:
The Organization for the Advancement of Nigerians
(Jan 2018)
incorrect :
Verdict
At least 7 countries had higher educational attainment in 2016.
Yes, education & jobs ‘belong to same WhatsApp group’, as SA’s Malema said
Claim
"Amongst graduates it is only 5% who are unemployed”
Source:
Speech by politician Julius Malema
(Jan 2018)
correct
Verdict
Claim correct for university & college graduates
checked
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?
misleading
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?