A picture of a little shepherd girl juxtaposed with an image of a lady in a suit is doing the rounds on social media, claiming that the small girl became the education minister of New Zealand.
The picture caption reads: बांई तरफ भेड़ चरा रही, और दाई तरफ भाषण दे रहीं लड़की एक ही है, जो 20 साल बाद न्यूजलैंड की शिक्षा मंत्री बनी। (English translation: The girl grazing sheep on the left and the girl giving a speech on the right is the same person, who became the education minister of New Zealand after 20 years.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be false.
When we reverse-searched the image of the little girl, we found that the image belonged to UNICEF.
The description of the picture reads: “Eight-year-old Fouzia rests on a stone in front of a herd of sheep in Tamezaghete Village in the rural district of Iguerferouane in Al Haouz Province. Fouzia attended school for one year but had to drop out because her parents could not afford her books. In 2006 in Morocco, education and health care are improving. The overall poverty rate is approximately 15 per cent, with two-thirds of the poor living in rural areas. The nation has one of the highest child labour rates in the MENA region. Government statistics show that 11 per cent of children, from 7 to 14 years old, engage in some form of labour, which often precludes them from attending school for sustained periods.”
The picture was clicked by photographer Giacomo Pirozzi.
We found that the lady on the right is the former education minister of France, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem. We found her image on the website of Getty Images, with a caption: French Education minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem leaves a weekly cabinet meeting, on October 29, 2014, at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris. AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)
According to the official government website of New Zealand, the current education minister is Chris Hipkins.
Hence, it is clear that the viral information is false.
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