Soweto uprising

Question 1

What is the BCM

Answer 1

The black consciousness movement

Question 2

Who lead the BCM

Answer 2

Steve Biko

Question 3

Who inspired Steve Biko

Answer 3

Robert Sobukou

Question 4

Goals of BCM

Answer 4

Encourage black people to embrace their identity and reject an inferiority instilled by white people

Question 5

Influence on anti apartheid movement

Answer 5

It also helped in the formation of black led organization that worked to resist apartheid in various ways

Question 6

When did the apartheid government declare afrikaans as a medium of instruction

Answer 6

1976

Question 7

Why did blacp south Africans resist this policy

Answer 7

They preferd English as a medium of instruction cause it was globally used

Question 8

What happened on the morning of June 16 1976

Answer 8

Around 20,000 students protested in the Soweto Uprising marking a powerful stand against apartheid

Question 9

Hwo did the apartheid government design teachers for black students

Answer 9

They offered limited training to teachers cause they didn’t prioritize thier education and with the limited qualified teachers their education quality was low

Question 10

Ratio of learners

Answer 10

One teacher could teach around 70 to hundred students in one room

Question 11

Salary

Answer 11

Qualified white teachers eraned ten times more than a black teacher cause They spent more annually on white schools than black ones