SAE3701
Assignment 2
(COMPLETE
ANSWERS) 2025
DUE 2 June 2025
, ACTIVITIES
The Apartheid government used their direct control over the education curriculum to further
support the racial segregation of Apartheid, and brainwash black students into believing they
were not citizens of their own country. This education curriculum sparked a variety of
different responses in the Bantu Education sector. Question: Discuss how the Apartheid
government's control over the education curriculum in South Africa was used as a tool to
enforce racial segregation and suppress the black population's sense of citizenship. (50 X 2 =
100) In your response, analyse the specific methods employed within the curriculum to
reinforce racial hierarchies, the impact on the quality and accessibility of education for black
students, and the various responses from black students, parents, and communities.
Additionally, evaluate the long-term effects of these educational policies on the socio-
economic mobility and opportunities for black South Africans in the post-Apartheid era. (50)
Consult Gallo, M.A. (2020) Bantu education, and its living educational and socioeconomic
legacy in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. Fordham University. Please note that
you are required to consult as many sources as possible to strengthen your argument.
________________________________________ Please note the following: • Your essay has to be
divided into an introduction, body and conclusion. • Your essay must not exceed six typed
pages, excluding the cover page, table of contents and declaration form. • Use Arial font and
12 font size. • You have to TYPE your essay for the utilisation of the Turnitin software. •
Please acknowledge your sources of information. • Do not copy directly from the sources
(paraphrase). • Provide your essay with a bibliography. • Bibliography must be in alphabetical
order, for example:
Assignment 2
(COMPLETE
ANSWERS) 2025
DUE 2 June 2025
, ACTIVITIES
The Apartheid government used their direct control over the education curriculum to further
support the racial segregation of Apartheid, and brainwash black students into believing they
were not citizens of their own country. This education curriculum sparked a variety of
different responses in the Bantu Education sector. Question: Discuss how the Apartheid
government's control over the education curriculum in South Africa was used as a tool to
enforce racial segregation and suppress the black population's sense of citizenship. (50 X 2 =
100) In your response, analyse the specific methods employed within the curriculum to
reinforce racial hierarchies, the impact on the quality and accessibility of education for black
students, and the various responses from black students, parents, and communities.
Additionally, evaluate the long-term effects of these educational policies on the socio-
economic mobility and opportunities for black South Africans in the post-Apartheid era. (50)
Consult Gallo, M.A. (2020) Bantu education, and its living educational and socioeconomic
legacy in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. Fordham University. Please note that
you are required to consult as many sources as possible to strengthen your argument.
________________________________________ Please note the following: • Your essay has to be
divided into an introduction, body and conclusion. • Your essay must not exceed six typed
pages, excluding the cover page, table of contents and declaration form. • Use Arial font and
12 font size. • You have to TYPE your essay for the utilisation of the Turnitin software. •
Please acknowledge your sources of information. • Do not copy directly from the sources
(paraphrase). • Provide your essay with a bibliography. • Bibliography must be in alphabetical
order, for example:
