Bantu Education System

The Bantu Education System was a government-directed educational program in South Africa during apartheid, designed to limit non-white students’ access to quality education. It aimed to prepare Black students for roles that supported the apartheid economy while keeping them socially and politically segregated. The curriculum emphasized basic skills over critical thinking and was intentionally inferior to White education, reinforcing racial inequalities. This system was part of broader policies of racial discrimination, and its purpose was to maintain white dominance by controlling the knowledge and opportunities available to Black South Africans.