SAE3701 Assignment 2 Semester 1 2026 Due June 2026

SAE3701 ASSIGNMENT 2 2026
DUE JUNE 2026

The apartheid education system in South Africa was designed to promote racial
segregation, inequality and white supremacy. It deliberately limited access to quality
education for Black learners and reinforced systemic discrimination. With the advent of
democracy in 1994.

Question: Critically discuss the reasons for adopting a new education system in
post-apartheid South Africa. In your essay, explain how apartheid education
contributed to inequality, why it needed to be transformed, and how the post-1994
democratic government

Reasons for adopting a new education system in post-apartheid
South Africa

Education in South Africa has always reflected the political and social realities of the
country. During apartheid, the education system was deliberately designed to support
racial segregation, inequality and white supremacy. It did not aim to develop all learners
equally, but rather to maintain the dominance of the white minority while limiting the