Kerala includes fake news detection, fact-checking in school textbooks

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : After training around 20 lakh school students to identify fake news and misinformation on social media, the state education department has made it a part of the revised school curriculum. It has now been included in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) textbooks for Classes V and VII.

The pioneering initiative assumes significance as the UK has decided to include similar portions in its national curriculum following recent incidents of unrest fuelled by misinformation on social media.