A bogus Facebook page posted a video claiming that college programs in the Philippines will be shortened to two years starting June 2026. This is fake and was generated using artificial intelligence.
On. Feb 9, an FB page twice uploaded a video presented in a format that mimics a news report. In the clip, a man can be heard saying:
“Magandang balita para sa mga college students. Hindi na four years kundi two year na lang ang pasok sa college simula June 2026. Aalisin na ang ibang subject, at mag-focus na lang sa kurso at specialty ang mga bata. Nasa comment section ang mga detalye. Basahin”
(Good news for college students. Starting June 2026, college [courses] will no longer be four years but will be two years. Other subjects will be eliminated, and students will focus only on their course and specialty. Details are in the comment section. Read.)
No law has been passed cutting the duration of college education. At present, most tertiary education programs take four to five years to complete, depending on the number of terms set by higher education institutions.
In 2025, Sen. Win Gatchalian proposed Senate Bill No. 51 or the Three-Year College Education (3CE) Act seeking to reduce the number of academic years in college to three or fewer years. Under the proposed measure, General Education courses would be completed at the senior high school level to allow students to solely focus on their immediate specialization or chosen fields of study in college.
However, the bill has remained pending before the Senate Committee on Higher, Technical, and Vocational Education since July 29, 2025.
AI-generated clip
A closer look at the clip reveals that it was created using AI. The watermark of Veo, Google’s AI video generation tool, is visible at the bottom right corner of the clip.
AI-detection tools Hive Moderation, WasItAI, and SightEngine also flagged the whole clip and screenshots from it as likely AI-generated.
The link provided in the comment section, which supposedly contains additional details on the claim, redirects users to a product page on an online shopping site.
As of writing, the two spurious videos published by the FB page Pilipinas News Today collectively garnered 237,000 views, 441 comments, and 1,241 shares.
