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Tag: education

No full South African matric rewrite due to paper leaks, varsity acceptance unchanged

Claim

South African final-year high school students will have to rewrite their exams due to leaks.
Source: Facebook (November 2020)

incorrect

Verdict

Education officials said this claim was false, while universities confirmed they are still considering offers.

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07:36 | 3 December 2020 (GMT)

  • education
  • exams
  • matric
  • university

#EndSARS protests: Comparing Nigeria’s health and education spending to cost of lawmaker upkeep

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Claims

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)

checked

Verdict

Two incorrect, two understated

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07:11 | 12 November 2020 (GMT)

  • #EndSARS
  • education
  • health

Fact-check: Nigeria state governor’s claims about stellar education record not backed by the data

Claims

Three claims about education in Ekiti state in southwestern Nigeria
Source: Governor Kayode Fayemi (February 2020)

checked

Verdict

Two incorrect, one unproven

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01:41 | 18 March 2020 (GMT)

  • education
  • enrolment
  • free 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
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