According to Frescura (2003) missionaries from abroad settled in southern Africa in the period between 1800 and 1925. These settlers imagined educating and civilizing people in different communities using a religious approach to spreading the Gospel using formal education. Initially, education was received by slaves, but later their focus shifted to the education of whites (Le Roux, 2011). In missionary schools, high-quality education was provided to non-whites to train people so that they could convert and be able to continue in their missionaries' plan. Missionary schools forced their graduates, who were privileged to afford it, to continue their tertiary education abroad. When the National Party came to power in 1948, it decided to shift its main focus towards white education, which led to non-whites receiving education in public schools, which lacked the necessary resources and structured facilities; teachers were not adequately trained and the level of education was very low (Metcalfe, 2013). The Bantu Education Act 1953 was enforced by the government while the National Party was in power, and was the least popular law of the apartheid era. The Bantu Education Act was a law of division, in which racial separation was legalised. This law allowed parts of the apartheid system to be legalized (Anon., n.d.). Nearly all African schools were founded and run by missionaries with little financial help from the government. Various political activists, including Nelson Mandela, attended mission schools, but Bantu Education ended the independence these schools had enjoyed until then. Alternatively, government financial support for blacks…half of paper…was part of how he lived his life. Religious approach in education plays a very important role. Mandela respected different religions (South African History Online, 2014). His respect for different religions and many other good qualities of Mandela made him a respectable leader loved by most. Being taught about religion and having a religious approach to education better prepares you to respect different religions, teaches you to appreciate your own religion, and broadens your understanding of different people who practice different religions. According to our constitution every person has the right to choose his religion. Therefore imposing religion on students contradicts the constitution. South Africa has a multicultural environment which will create difficulties in imposing a specific religion on students.