Bantu Education in South Africa legally ended in 1979 when it was replaced by the Education and Training Act of 1979. However, the fundamental components of Bantu Education, particularly racial segregation in education, were not fully overturned until the South African Schools Act of 1996 was passed. This marked the end of mandatory segregation in education in South Africa. Bantu Education was initially introduced in 1953 as part of apartheid policies to enforce a racially segregated and inferior education system for Black South Africans. It was aimed at preparing Black students for manual labor and subordinate roles in society. Its end in 1979 marked a legal change, but full desegregation and equalization of education came only after apartheid ended and the 1996 Act was implemented.
