A post is being shared on social media with a claim that the Telangana government has issued an order declaring holidays for all schools and colleges in the State from 01 March 2021 to 07 May 2021 due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Telangana Government has declared holidays to all schools and colleges from 01 March – 07 May 2021 due to the increasing COVID-19 cases.
Fact: No such G.O. declaring holidays to all schools and colleges in the State from 01 March – 07 May 2021 has been issued by the Telangana Government. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched for the news given in the post, no credible news reports were found. Also, no such G.O. (Government Order) was found to be issued by the Government of Telangana. The posted image is quite different from the original format of the G.O.
Also, when an image with a similar ‘Government’ stamp is shared in the context of Andhra Pradesh, FACTLY has debunked the claim and written a fact-check article, which can be read here. The same ‘Government’ stamp can be found on the Stock images website.
To sum it up, no G.O. has been issued declaring holidays to schools and colleges in Telangana from 01 March to 07 May 2021 due to COVID-19.
