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

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.

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.

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 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.

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?

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