Bantu Education Act 1953

The Bantu Education Act of 1953 started functioning from which date?

• 5 January 1953

• 1 March 1954

• 1 January 1954

Answer explanation

Bantu Education Act was established in 1953 and put into effect from January 1, 1954 to that govern the education of Black South African (called Bantu by the country’s government) children.

True or False

The Bantu Education Act required Black learners to attend government schools only.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Black learners were not allowed to attend the same schools with white learnersas they were regarded as private and it was not allowed by the apartheid legislation.

True or False

The aim of the Bantu Education Act was to train black learners for professional jobs instead of training them for manual labour and basic jobs that don’t require skills.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The Bantu Education Act aimed at training black learners for manual labour basic jobs that did not require skills.

True or False

The Bantu Education Act created a syllabus that consisted of teaching black learners in Afrikaans and English.

• True

• False

True or False

Under the Bantu Education Act black learners were officially required to learn needle work (girls), handcraft, planting, soil conservation, social studies and the Christian religion.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

These are skills that the white government thought was needed in order for black learners to become good workmen who will work for them in their busineses.

The Bantu Education Act was replaced by the Education and Training Act of which year?

• 1959

• 1979

• 1975

Answer explanation

The Bantu Education Act was replaced by the Education and Training Act of 1979.

True or False

In Black township schools, there were enough qualified teachers and the classes were not overcrowded.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

There was a large shortage of teachers and classes were overcrowded ad teachers were forced to teach 40 t 60 learners in one class.

True or False

This image represents the event/day popularly know as the 1976 Soweto Uprising.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

During the Soweto Uprising, many students filled the streets of Soweto to proteste against the South African government's plans to impose the Afrikaans language as a medium of instruction in schools for black students, Soweto, South Africa, June 16, 1976.

True or False

Under the act, the Department of Native Affairs, headed by Hendrik Verwoerd was made responsible for the education of Black South Africans.

• True

• False

The Department of Bantu Education was established in which year?

• 1956

• 1958

• 1965