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המשרוקיתEducation

מעל ל־70%־80% מהנערים במגזר החרדי לא מסיימים עם תעודת בגרות

Publisher’s rating: נכון

In a Radio Radius interview, Knesset member Sharen Haskel argued that government education spending was going to the wrong places and cited Haredi education: she said that more than 70–80% of boys there do not finish with a matriculation certificate. The review examined eligibility for a certificate, distinguishing it from merely sitting for matriculation exams. Its figures came from the Israel Democracy Institute’s 2022 Statistical Report on Haredi Society and covered the 2020 school year (תש״ף). The review also checked earlier yearbooks to see whether the result reflected only one year. For that school year, the yearbook figures cited by the review showed that 14% of 12th-grade students in Haredi-supervised education were eligible for a certificate; the review therefore calculated that 86% were not. It also reported that only 9% met the university-admission threshold. Earlier figures showed 11% eligible in תשע״ה, indicating improvement over time, but the review said the gap with other education streams was widening. The evidence therefore supports Haskel’s broad estimate for the population and outcome she described, while showing gradual improvement rather than a static level. The review noted that figures differ depending on how the population is counted. A Ministry of Education-based report gave eligibility figures of 24% for תש״ף and 25.6% for תשפ״ב. The review explained that those figures focus on students in schools that submit students for matriculation exams and can omit Haredi boys who move to a large yeshiva in 12th grade. It cited researcher Ariel Karlinsky’s estimate of 14% when the calculation instead asks what share of the entire Haredi age cohort obtains a certificate. Even using the higher 24% figure, the share without a certificate is 76%, within Haskel’s stated range.

Belarusian Investigative CenterEducation

В Западной Беларуси детям запрещали учиться

Publisher’s rating: Это фейк. Согласно данным малого статистического сборника 1939 года, в Белостокском, Новогрудском и Полесском воеводствах, на землях которые впоследствии отошли БССР, уровень охвата школьным образованием составлял около 80%.

BR24 FaktenfuchsEducation

"Weil wir im Moment einfach eine ungerechte Situation haben, dass Kinder aus Akademikerfamilien, wo die Eltern auch Geld haben, bessere Chancen haben. Das ist durch viele Statistiken bewiesen."

Publisher’s rating: Richtig. Die Aussage von Florian von Brunn, dass der Bildungserfolg von Kindern in Deutschland auch vom Elternhaus abhängt, stimmt.

The fact-check concerns a statement by Florian von Brunn of the SPD during the BR24 Wahlarena on 27 September 2023. He argued that children from academic families with money have better chances, and said this was demonstrated by statistics. In context, a viewer had asked about school performance and discussion of reducing performance requirements. Von Brunn said he supported some competition and performance demands, then raised unequal educational opportunities. The review examines evidence about both school pathways and later study. It describes the transition from primary to secondary school as important for young people’s futures and reports that research finds school placement is related not only to academic performance but also to social background. It also cites analyses indicating that, even with the same reading ability and cognitive skills, children from less-educated families have a lower chance of being recommended for a Gymnasium than children from more-educated families. The review adds evidence about higher education: a study by the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies found that children from academic households study at university three times as often as children whose parents had not attended a university or college. Together, these findings address the claim’s central point that educational outcomes are associated with family background. The excerpt does not separately quantify the effect of family income, so its evidence most directly supports the broader link between parental education or social origin and children’s educational opportunities.

dpaEducation

Boze moeder haalt LGBTQ-vlag weg tijdens de les Geschiedenis in een school in Amerika.

Publisher’s rating: Nee, de video is een sketch en dus in scène gezet. Het filmpje is online gezet door Jibrizy, een Amerikaanse komiek. Hij maakt vaker filmpjes over polariserende thema's, als startpunt voor verdere discussies.

The claim presents a video of a furious mother entering an American classroom, pulling a Progress Pride flag off the wall, and arguing with a teacher during a history lesson as a real incident. The review identifies that same scene and reports that the viral clip was staged, not an actual classroom confrontation. The mother’s line in the video is that the school is paid to teach history; the review notes that the students mostly watch silently. [S1: “Een woedende moeder trekt in een Amerikaans klaslokaal een Progress Pride-vlag van de muur en gooit die in de prullenbak. \"We are paying you to teach history\"”] The review says it searched social media for other versions of the viral clip and found a longer version, over six minutes, which it identifies as the original. That version was uploaded by American comedian Jibrizy on September 16, 2023. The review points to the ending, from 6:26 onward, where Jibrizy appears with the actors, says it was a sketch, and asks viewers what they think of the situation portrayed. [S1: “Door op sociale media naar andere versies van de video te zoeken, duikt een langere versie van meer dan zes minuten op, die het origineel blijkt te zijn. Deze werd op 16 september 2023 geüpload door Jibrizy, een Amerikaanse komiek.”] [S1: “Dat de video niet echt is, blijkt ook helemaal aan het einde, vanaf minuut 6:26. Daar is Jibrizy met zijn acteurs te zien, zegt hij dat het allemaal een sketch was en hij benieuwd is naar je mening over de uitgebeelde situatie.”] The review adds that the people playing the mother and teacher appear in other Jibrizy videos, and describes his videos as sketches about polarizing topics. It also reports that Jibrizy identified himself as the video’s director on X and had not claimed the depicted incident was real. These details reinforce that the clip is scripted entertainment rather than documentary footage of the claimed classroom event. [S1: “De acteurs, zoals de moeder en de lerares, zijn ook in andere video's van Jibrizy te zien”] [S1: “Op X, het voormalige Twitter, benadrukte Jibrizy nog eens dat hij de regisseur van de video is, en zelf nooit pretendeerde dat de situatie echt was.”]

BR24 FaktenfuchsEducation

Die bayerische AfD lehne die Inklusion von Kindern mit Behinderung an Regelschulen nicht ab.

Publisher’s rating: Richtig. Im Wahlprogramm der bayerischen AfD steht nicht, dass die Partei gemeinsamen Unterricht von gesunden und behinderten Kindern in Regelschulen abschaffen will. Im Grundsatz- sowie im Bundestagswahlprogramm der Partei wird Inklusion dagegen als "ideologisch motiviert" bezeichnet und die Regelschule für Kinder mit besonderem Förderbedarf abgelehnt.

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaEducation

2022(2023) සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ ප්‍රතිඵල හෙට (19) දිනයේ නිකුත් කෙරෙන බවට පළවන සටහන් අසත්‍යයි!

Publisher’s rating: False

The claim concerned social-media posts saying that the 2022(2023) Ordinary Level results would be released the next day, the 19th. The posts presented the announcement as a report from the “Esana” news service and said the Education Ministry had decided to release all results. The review examined whether that announcement had actually been made, rather than whether results would eventually be released. [S1]