Apprenticeships and training

Rhun ap IorwerthPlaid

6 February 2024, Plenary

Debate: The Draft Budget 2024-25

…business rates increase, and that the futures of our young people aren't being held back due to cuts to apprenticeships.

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Peter FoxConservative

6 February 2024, Plenary

Debate: The Draft Budget 2024-25

…this Welsh Government lacks the vision needed, as evidenced by announcements such as the cutting of apprenticeships by 10,000, slicing funding to further education, or diverting money away from the childcare offer whilst parents are crying out for more provision, and nursery settings are struggling…

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Jeremy MilesLabour

6 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Vocational qualifications

…is good close working between the college and the school to give learners that hands-on training in vocational areas like construction. There are also good examples in Blaenau Gwent through the Tech Valleys STEM facilitation project, and the work that my department is doing now, together with the…

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Hefin DavidLabour

6 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Vocational qualifications

I'll pick up where you left off. [Interruption.] [Laughter.] Regarding the issue of better collaborative working between post-16 institutions and secondary schools, in that report I mentioned particularly the NPTC Group of Colleges and Llanidloes High School, which has a sixth form. I highlighted…

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Jeremy MilesLabour

6 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Vocational qualifications

I thank Vikki Howells for those two very important points. I think that, at the heart of the way in which we need to deliver the made-for-Wales qualifications is to ensure that the balance between assessed content and practical content is striking the right balance. And there have been challenges in…

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Vikki HowellsLabour

6 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Vocational qualifications

…today. I am so pleased to see a firm commitment to move forward on ensuring parity of esteem between vocational and academic qualifications. It's what our young people deserve, what our country urgently needs if we are able to fill the skills gap of today and of tomorrow. I understand the practical…

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Jeremy MilesLabour

6 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Vocational qualifications

…strike that appropriate balance. In terms of the budgetary questions, well, there have been cuts to the apprenticeship budget, and the Minister for Economy has had to make some very difficult decisions, as we all have. None of us would say that these are cuts that we would choose to make, and we…

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Heledd FychanPlaid

6 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Vocational qualifications

…this stems from the co-operation agreement. Plaid Cymru does strongly believe in the importance of vocational education, and also agrees with the important assertion that qualifications being made in Wales for Wales is necessary. As you mentioned, in responding to Janet Finch-Saunders, we have to…

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Jeremy MilesLabour

6 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Vocational qualifications

…highlighted that are important. The first is that need to align economic policy, skills policy and vocational qualifications, as the Lusher review sets out. The Government accepts that, and she will have heard from my statement there is work under way in relation to that. And the second point that…

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Janet Finch-SaundersConservative

6 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Vocational qualifications

Thank you for your statement, Minister. Of course, vocational qualifications are extremely important to the future of our children, yet after years of waiting for this, why was this announcement only revealed under cloak and dagger last week? All three other nations of the UK have previously…

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Jeremy MilesLabour

6 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Vocational qualifications

…the Curriculum for Wales as part of the development of our policy on 14-19 pathways. Both general and vocational qualifications will always be an important part of this. I am committed to ensuring that young people in compulsory education also have a coherent offer around skills, planning for next…

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Jeremy MilesLabour

6 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Vocational qualifications

Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. This Government has made a commitment to increase parity of esteem between vocational and academic education routes. We believe in the inherent value of vocational education, with its crucial links to skills, the economy and to Welsh society. We've also committed, through our…

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Y Dirprwy Lywydd / The Deputy Presiding Officer

6 February 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Vocational qualifications

Item 4 is a statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language on vocational qualifications. I call on the Minister, Jeremy Miles.

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