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What happened when the Bantu education was implemented?
The Bantu Education Act consolidated educational apartheid and forced mission schools to implement strict racial segregation in order to qualify for financial assistance. Many mission schools refused to co-operate with the National Party government, and ceased operating after the passage of the act.
What is the long lasting impact of apartheid?
Apartheid has negatively affected the lives of all South African children but its effects have been particularly devastating for black children. The consequences of poverty, racism and violence have resulted in psychological disorders, and a generation of maladjusted children may be the result.
How was education affected by apartheid?
The Apartheid system created educational inequalities through overt racist policies (see timeline). Educational inequality was also evident in funding. The Bantu Education Act created separate Departments of Education by race, and it gave less money to Black schools while giving most to Whites (UCT).
Why is Bantu Education important?
The Bantu Education Act of 1953 is an important part of history because it documents the South African government’s establishment of apartheid….
Why was the Bantu Education Act implemented?
The Bantu Education Act was implemented so that the White government of South Africa could more effectively control Black schools.
What did Bantu Education mean?
The education was aimed at training the children for the manual labour and menial jobs that the government deemed suitable for those of their race, and it was explicitly intended to inculcate the idea that Black people were to accept being subservient to white South Africans.
What were the negative effects of apartheid in South Africa?
Racist fears and attitudes about “natives” colored white society. Though apartheid was supposedly designed to allow different races to develop on their own, it forced Black South Africans into poverty and hopelessness.
What did Bantu Education provide?