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Where @thisisjignesh and I teach a class of students in a tiny, upcoming journalism school (Shree Amrut Modi college) in Nadiad, Gujarat. This college caters to the local population, and the @AltNews team will teach the students for free. 
It was a very different experience teaching these bunch of students. When we spoke of the child-kidnapping rumours, they could relate it to it so much as they themselves were getting these forwards on their phones.
This was different from certain other colleges we taught at where the students came from more affluent backgrounds and were not directly affected by these rumours.
For this specific course that we are conducting with the college, the course material includes introduction to the issue of misinformation, and how to verify images and videos.
Usually, we charge a fee for training as that is the only source of income @AltNews has. However, for colleges which are catering to students in low income areas, we would try and make it as affordable for them as these students are who we believe will benefit the most.
