A video showing a government schoolteacher — in Raichur, Karnataka — dancing to children on the song ‘Har-Har Shambhu’ is being widely shared on social media.
The video is shared on Facebook with a caption: “रायचूर कर्नाटक का एक सरकारी स्कूल में प्राइमरी बच्चो को पढ़ाने का तरीका। गुरुकुलो की आवश्यकता भारतीयता व भारतीय संस्कृति के लिए अति आवश्यक है. इससे हटकर Convent School मे क्या पढाया जाता है सभी जानते है. ईश्वर प़दत वैदो गीता रामायण महाभारत व हिन्दु ग़ंथो को कानुन की बैडियो से मुक्त कराने के लिए हिन्दु सरकार को बाध्य करिये” (English translation: Method of teaching primary children in a government school in Raichur, Karnataka. The need for Gurukuls is essential for Indianness and Indian culture. Apart from this, everyone knows what is taught in Convent schools. Force the Hindu government to liberate the Vedas, Gita, Ramayana, Mahabharata and Hindu texts from the shackles of law.)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be MISLEADING.
Extracting keyframes from the viral video and performing a Reverse Image Search with relevant keywords, we found a news report, dated July 24, 2020, carrying glimpses of the same viral video. The article headline reads: “Mangaluru Teacher’s Dance Video Goes Viral While Teaching Alphabets & Phonics to 1st Graders”.
On July 22, 2020, The Times of India also carried the news of this teacher. According to the article, a video of a Karnataka preschool teacher went viral on how to teach in this era of online classes. Teacher Vandana Rai of Jaycees English Medium School, Karkala, released learning videos for the students of LKG, UKG and Class I. Karkala is a town in the Udupi district of Karnataka.
The same video had been also uploaded on the YouTube channel of Vandana Rai Karkala on September 23, 2020. Other videos of Vandana Rai can also be seen teaching children in a unique way.
As per the Google Maps, Jaycees English Medium School is located in Karkala town of Udupi district. Further, it is a private school and not a government school as claimed in the viral video.
Thus, is it evident from the above information that a video from the Udupi district is being shared as a teacher dancing to children in a government school in Raichur, Karnataka.
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