A video showing a schoolgirl dismantling and assembling a rifle has gone viral on social media.
Some social media users claimed the video was filmed in Nigeria.
In the 36-second clip, the schoolgirl is seen partaking in what appears to be an exercise for a larger group of students while a man speaks an African language in the background.
“SEE WHAT NORTHERN PRIMARY/SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE BEING TAUGHT AS THEIR PRACTICAL,” paparazziblogs, an Instagram user, posted on Friday.
The video has since gathered over 600 views with many comments expressing shock at the act.
The clip was also widely shared on WhatsApp.
“Is this in Nigeria Education Curricular? Is the AK-47 for practical provided by Ministry of Education or from Unknown Gunmen? If not, what is the Federal Government doing about it for Nigeria future safety?” the accompanying caption reads.
None of the posts named the state in northern Nigeria where the video was allegedly recorded.
VERIFICATION
CableCheck subjected multiple screenshots of the video to reverse image searches and found that the video was earlier posted on March 11 via Facebook.
“Is this CBC of North Uganda or South Sudan? They are moving the syllabus too fast? Tough Luo girl,” the post translated from Swahili via Google Translate to English reads.
According to a UNESCO paper, a CBC (competency-based curriculum) is a curriculum that emphasises what learners are expected to do rather than mainly focusing on what they should memorise.
It focuses on practical skills and knowledge that can be applied to real-world situations.
This system of education is practised in countries like Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, and Cameroon, and has been adopted by others like Gabon, Mali, Senegal, and Tunisia.
The Luo people, on the other hand, are a Nilotic tribe found in Kenya, Sudan, northern Uganda, and Tanzania.
The video had 23k views, 129 likes, and 39 comments.
A look through the user’s profile showed that he is a Ugandan native.
CableCheck contacted independent Ugandan journalists who confirmed on Saturday that the voice in the video background spoke Acholi, a Southern Luo dialect spoken in northern Uganda.
“See with your own eyes. The old man EKUKA sung that this metal changes people’s thoughts/thinking. Don’t just see my sister playing with it as if she’s cutting tomatoes in food,” the translated audio from Acholi said.
In addition, the language spoken in the video is not a Nigerian language.
VERDICT
The claim that the video was filmed in Nigeria is false.
