Bantu Education Act 1953

Assessment
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Nomvuyo Makamba
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History
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11th Grade
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5 plays
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Medium
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1.
Multiple Choice
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.
2.
Multiple Choice
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.
3.
Multiple Choice
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.
4.
Multiple Choice
True or False
The Bantu Education Act created a syllabus that consisted of teaching black learners in Afrikaans and English.
True
False
5.
Multiple Choice
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.
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