, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
Thank you very much. We've heard evidence already this morning from the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, from the centre—which could develop in time to become an institute. Are you clear about their role and their function with regard to Medr, and, perhaps, other…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
Thank you very much. I'll be asking my questions in Welsh. You have referred already to the lack of clarity in the Bill, so I just want to focus on that issue, if I may. You, Medr, are of course the regulatory body responsible for funding post-16 education…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Ocê, diolch yn fawr iawn i chi. Cwestiwn olaf: ydych chi'n pryderu bod y Bil, fel mae rhai rhanddeiliaid eisoes wedi nodi, yn canolbwyntio’n ormodol ar ysgolion cyfrwng Saesneg? Y cwestiwn efallai i’r ddau sefydliad, mewn gwirionedd. Ac yn dilyn y pwynt…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
At least that.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
But do you agree in principle that every child should have the opportunity to receive that 10 per cent of Welsh-medium education in schools?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
You mentioned cohorts there. What do you mean by that, 'cohorts within schools'?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you very much. A question once again, if I may, to the coleg: there has been some ambiguity in the evidence that we've received as to whether it's 10 per cent in English-medium schools across all the pupils that would be desirable, or 10 per cent for…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Right. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you. Also in your evidence, you express concerns that the power to make regulations around school language categories is too narrow at present, and you suggest perhaps that the Bill does not adequately reflect those language categories with regard to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you very much. These are questions on behalf of Tom Giffard. We are expecting Tom to arrive at any moment; he's been held up. But a question to the coleg, if I may. Again, in your evidence, you noted concerns regarding the lack of a distinction in the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you very much. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you very much. And a similar question to the coleg, if I may: do you think that there is sufficient clarity in the Bill to ensure effective collaboration between you as the coleg, the national centre, the proposed athrofa, and Medr?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Iawn, diolch yn fawr. Nawr, hefyd yn eich tystiolaeth chi, ŷch chi'n nodi rhywfaint o amwysedd o ran dyletswyddau sefydliadau sy'n gysylltiedig â'r Bil ac yn dweud y gallai hyn arwain at oedi a dyblygu gwaith. Ydych chi'n cynnwys yr athrofa fel un o'r cyrff…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
May I follow on from that response? If the centre evolves to become the institute one day, it's clear that you've created a brand over a period of almost a decade now as the centre. Is there any risk that that unique brand, which is relevant specifically to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Cadeirydd, ac a gaf i'ch croesawu chi yma bore yma? Diolch yn fawr ichi am y dystiolaeth ŷch chi wedi ei chyflwyno eisoes, sydd yn hynod o ddefnyddiol. Dau gwestiwn, i ddechrau, i'r ganolfan, a wedyn dau gwestiwn i'r coleg. Y ganolfan…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
My usual declaration, if I may: as designated Member as part of the co-operation agreement between Plaid Cymru and the Government, I was partly responsible for the development of this Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill, but not to the end point of the…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Teaching of reading skills in schools
Thank you very much. I'm very happy to move these amendments, Llywydd, in the name of Heledd Fychan. But here we are once again discussing reading skills and children and young people's attainment levels in the PISA tests in Wales, which is a clear sign that…
, Plenary
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Implementation of education reforms: Interim report'
Well, as we all, I'm sure, agree, education is truly vital to Wales’s future, and Plaid Cymru wants to ensure that we work together as a Senedd to create an education system that ensures that our young learners and the workforce succeed and flourish. We…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
'Bore da, Maggie Mathias.' These were the legendary words that resounded in living rooms across Wales and beyond at 7.10 p.m. on 16 October 1974. Yes, this was the opening scene of the iconic series, Pobol y Cwm, which is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Just in terms of Welsh-medium education, there's no mention made of Welsh-medium education, so just a specific question: how do you intend to increase Welsh-medium provision across all of the sectors, particularly in FE colleges and HE provision? Thank you.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Sorry. My final question, then. I hadn't looked up at the clock.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
We know from reports that the UK Government is already developing a rescue plan for English universities who are facing—many of them—financial uncertainty. This plan includes £1 billion bail-outs, fee rises, as well as further cuts to courses and staff…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Thank you very much to the Minister for her statement. May I too congratulate her on her recent appointment? We've had an opportunity in this Siambr recently to give a great deal of attention to statutory education, and as someone in a former life who worked…
