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Segregation of Education: The Bantu Education System - Coggle Diagram
Segregation of Education:
The Bantu Education System
School Board
disticnct, different curriculums
appropriate to the intelluectual capacity and practical requirements of each racial group
curriculum for africans would have almost no academic content
extremely basic levels of literacy and numeracy
taught rudimentary technical skills
perform domestic service for whites, labour in mining and manufacturing industries
bantu education attempted to foster a stronger sense of tribal identity
instructions were given in mother tongue in primary school, later shifting to afrikaans and english
Resources
Books and other essential equipment were non-existent
Ratio of government spending for a white child compared to a colored child was 7:1
Difference in salaries paid to teachers in white school compared to black schools
Led to talented black teachers leaving the profession
85% black teachers did not have professional qualification
Objections
parents took children out of school, lack of professional teachers and resources
Not using english for instructions further angered parents
Objective:
The new Bantu curriculum was designed to prepare Africans for a life of economic servitude to their White masters. It thus fulflled the aim of promoting an institutional framework of White domination over Black.