, HED4805 Assignment 4 (COMPLETE ANSWERS)
2025 – DUE 22 August 2025; 100% correct solutions
and explanations.
QUESTION 1
“People’s education for people’s power” – An Analysis in the
Context of the Struggle for Equality During Apartheid
The phrase “People’s education for people’s power” emerged as a
powerful slogan during the 1980s in apartheid South Africa,
particularly within the resistance movements advocating for equal,
non-racial, and democratic education. To understand why and how
this phrase was deliberately misrepresented for political reasons, one
must first examine its origins, intentions, and the socio-political
climate of the apartheid era.
Historical Context
Under apartheid, South Africa’s education system was deliberately
designed to entrench racial segregation and white supremacy. The
Bantu Education Act of 1953 institutionalized a system that
provided inferior education to black South Africans, with the
explicit aim of preparing them for subservient roles in society.
Education was used as a tool of oppression, enforcing ideological
and economic inequality.
In opposition to this system, progressive civil society groups,
including the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Congress of
South African Students (COSAS), advocated for “People’s
education.” This concept was part of a broader movement for
liberation, aimed at dismantling apartheid and building a just
society.
2025 – DUE 22 August 2025; 100% correct solutions
and explanations.
QUESTION 1
“People’s education for people’s power” – An Analysis in the
Context of the Struggle for Equality During Apartheid
The phrase “People’s education for people’s power” emerged as a
powerful slogan during the 1980s in apartheid South Africa,
particularly within the resistance movements advocating for equal,
non-racial, and democratic education. To understand why and how
this phrase was deliberately misrepresented for political reasons, one
must first examine its origins, intentions, and the socio-political
climate of the apartheid era.
Historical Context
Under apartheid, South Africa’s education system was deliberately
designed to entrench racial segregation and white supremacy. The
Bantu Education Act of 1953 institutionalized a system that
provided inferior education to black South Africans, with the
explicit aim of preparing them for subservient roles in society.
Education was used as a tool of oppression, enforcing ideological
and economic inequality.
In opposition to this system, progressive civil society groups,
including the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Congress of
South African Students (COSAS), advocated for “People’s
education.” This concept was part of a broader movement for
liberation, aimed at dismantling apartheid and building a just
society.
