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DATA ROUNDUP English, Fake News # Bihar Education Department has not issued this press release ordering complete shutdown of schools 0 By Dilip Kumar Sripada on March 22, 2021 * A A A Twitter Facebook Reddit An image of a notification letter is being shared on social media claiming it as a press release from the Bihar Education Project Council, ordering the complete shutdown of schools from 19 March 2021 to 15 June 2021. In the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in the country, this post claims it as the Bihar Government’s move to contain the spread of the COVID-19 cases. Let’s verify the claim made in the post. ![\\"\\"](\\" Department-press-release-about-shutting-down-the-schools-Claim.jpg\\")The archived version of the post can be seen here. > **Claim:** Bihar Education Project Council’s latest press release announcing > the complete shutdown of schools till 15 June 2021. > > Fact: The letter shared in the post is a fake one. In a tweet, the Bihar > Education Department clarified that Bihar Government has not taken any such > decision to shut down the schools and colleges again in the state. Bihar > Education Department mentioned this letter as a fake one. Hence, the claim > made in the post is FALSE. When we searched for this press release on the Bihar official Government website, it is found that Bihar Government has not issued any such press release on their website. On observing the letter carefully, we could see a paragraph of this letter mentioning the school’s shutdown date till 15 June 2021. In another paragraph, this letter mentioned the shutdown date till 15 April 2021. Also, a lot of spelling mistakes can be found in this letter. No official press release or notification from the state Governments usually has such errors. ![\\"\\"](\\" Department-press-release-about-shutting-down-the-schools-Image-1.jpg\\") When this letter was widely circulated on social media, Bihar Education Department through a tweet, clarified it as a fake letter. Bihar Education Department informed people that the Bihar Government has not taken any such decision to shut down schools and colleges again in the state. From all these pieces of evidence, the letter shared in the post can be concluded as a fake one. > Social Media में बिहार शिक्षा परियोजना परिषद के एक फर्जी पत्र द्वारा > #COVID19 के कारण स्कूल बंद किये जाने की बात वायरल की जा रही है वो गलत है और > शिक्षा विभाग उसका खंडन करता है।➡️अफवाहों से बचें।#BiharEducationDept > @sanjayjavin @NitishKumar @EduMinOfIndia @IPRD_Bihar > pic.twitter.com/mwUDL5afGE > > — Bihar Education Department (@BiharEducation_) March 19, 2021 In the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar informed media that every citizen who is coming to Bihar from other states to celebrate Holi will get tested for the COVID-19 virus. CM Nitish Kumar reiterated that Bihar Government is not planning to implement lockdown again and said the educational institutions in the state will remain open. ![\\"\\"](\\" Department-press-release-about-shutting-down-the-schools-Image-3.jpg\\") To sum it up, the Bihar Education Department has not issued this press release ordering the complete shutdown of schools. ![\\"Factly\\"](\\" WhatsApp-channel-minified-scaled.jpeg\\") Share. Twitter Facebook Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email __Previous ArticleICICI, AXIS, & HDFC banks were not set up as government organisations and later privatised Next Article __Old video of a man urinating in a temple revived with a false communal narrative ### About Author ![\\"\\"](\\" Dilip Kumar Sripada ### Related Posts Indian fencer CA Bhavani Devi has not yet qualified for the Paris 20... గంగా నదిలో కరోనా మృతదేహాలను పడేస్తున్నందుకు నవీద్ ఆలం అనే వ్యక్తిని ... మల్లికార్జున ఖర్గే వీడియోని క్లిప్ చేసి ‘కాంగ్రెస్ సభ్యులు హిందువుల ... 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Bihar Education Project Council’s latest press release announcing the complete shutdown of schools till 15 June 2021