Question

how did the students of south africa respond to the policy of apartheid with regard to the expectation that Afrikaans and english be used on 50/50 basis as mediums of instruction

Answer 1

The students had organised a peaceful march against the Afrikaans Medium Decree, issued in 1974, which made it mandatory for Black schools to use the Afrikaans language as the medium of instruction in Mathematics, Social Sciences and Geography at the secondary school level.