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Apartheid in Practice: Education in South Africa

Apartheid in Practice: Education in South Africa

One of a series of posters on “Apartheid in Practice,” which are printed in sepia, black, and red with a muted color background. The main image is a photograph of young African school children kneeling or standing outside, writing in notebooks. A small image shows a red “X” through a photograph of John Vorster. Text below the photograph: “The government spends 30 times more on the education of a white child then on an African child. Only 6% of African pupils are in secondary schools compared with nearly one third of white pupils. In white schools there are 20 pupils per teacher-in African schools, there are 58. 89% of university students are white. For whites, education is free and compulsory while African must pay school fees, buy text books, etc. Education in South Africa is segregated by race. Education for Africans is not only inferior, but through the 'Bantu Education Act' it is designed to maintain Africans in a position of permanent inferiority. One half of the African population has no schooling.” Size: 64x45 cm.
Creator

Anti-Apartheid Movement; David King

Place Created

London, United Kingdom

Date

1977

Type of Item

Poster

Description

One of a series of posters on “Apartheid in Practice,” which are printed in sepia, black, and red with a muted color background. The main image is a photograph of young African school children kneeling or standing outside, writing in notebooks. A small image shows a red “X” through a photograph of John Vorster. Text below the photograph: “The government spends 30 times more on the education of a white child then on an African child. Only 6% of African pupils are in secondary schools compared with nearly one third of white pupils. In white schools there are 20 pupils per teacher-in African schools, there are 58. 89% of university students are white. For whites,...
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Publisher

Anti-Apartheid Movement

Organization

Anti-Apartheid Movement

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

image/jpeg

This item was digitized by the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands, which made it available to the African Activist Archive.

Rights Management

Used by permission of the Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives Committee.

Collection

International Institute of Social History

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