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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, I think that people from more disadvantaged backgrounds have carried the burden of COVID in a variety of ways, including in school life, but more broadly than that in our community as well, and in our economy. We anticipated that that would be a risk…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I thank the Member for that question as well. We have been discussing this with the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and we've provided more funding for them this year so that they can do more work with us in this area. But he's right to mention that one of the…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I thank the Member for that question, and if these are his new permanent responsibilities, I welcome him to them as well. This question is a very valid one. So that we can extend access for people to Welsh-medium education in all parts of Wales, we have to…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I appreciate the Member’s interest in closing the attainment gap and she will absolutely know, from the previous discussions that we’ve had in this Chamber, that this is a very important priority for me and for this Government generally. I share with her the…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
The Member will know that she gives a very partial view of the situation in relation to funding for schools in Wales. She will know that, on any number of measures, the volume of funding invested in the Welsh education system is significantly in excess of…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, I think it's important to approach this topic with a degree of moderation in some of the descriptions that we give, because it's a very important area for our learners. If the Member has had an opportunity to look at the Qualifications Wales report…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
He makes a very important point about the contribution that transport to school makes to our broader ambitions to become a net-zero Wales. You will have heard me say a moment ago that the specification for the relaunch, if you like, of the sustainable…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, I thank Joyce Watson for that question. As she knows, from 1 January next year, all new-build, major refurbishment and extension projects requesting funding through the sustainable communities for learning programme, as it will be then, will need to…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Our children and young people are amongst the most passionate advocates for an ambitious approach to tackling the climate emergency and so, the education sector has a fundamental role in supporting the Welsh Government's response to the climate emergency…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you very much for that important question. We're investing significantly in order to ensure support for authors and those providing resources in order to ensure that our teachers have the materials that they need in order to deliver the curriculum in…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, I think the Member makes an important point. I visited the Mount Stuart Primary School down the road from here to launch the Betty Campbell award for teachers who'd demonstrated particular commitment to diversity in the curriculum and in the classroom…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, we are leading the way in Wales by becoming the first part of the UK to make it mandatory to teach black, Asian and minority ethnic histories and experiences in the curriculum, and this will reinforce the importance of teaching past and present…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
It is vital that education equips young people to understand and respect their own and each other’s histories and cultures. We are not only adding learning about the diversity of communities into the curriculum, we are also investing in professional learning…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Implementation of net zero carbon and the 21st century schools and colleges programme
I thank Joyce Watson for her welcome for the statement overall, and I think it shows her long-term commitment to this agenda as well. I do share the importance of the point that she makes about enabling the development of our future schools to really maximise…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Implementation of net zero carbon and the 21st century schools and colleges programme
I'm not sure I understand the last question, but, on the broader point the Member was making, I know that she has written to me recently in relation to this. She will also know that, because of the fact that the school to which she's referring is a school in…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Implementation of net zero carbon and the 21st century schools and colleges programme
Yes, there is, and I think that this presents an opportunity, not solely from the point of view of the contribution the building itself makes to our larger targets, but there's also a very important opportunity for us to grasp here to use the development…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Implementation of net zero carbon and the 21st century schools and colleges programme
I thank Siân Gwenllian for those questions. In terms of the question on new builds or the older estate, there is a difference, of course, in the approach to those things. To be clear, the policy I'm talking about today also includes broad-ranging renewal work…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Implementation of net zero carbon and the 21st century schools and colleges programme
I think the Member asked four questions, broadly speaking—two of which were answered in the statement, and two of which weren’t. So, just to confirm, as I made clear in the statement, there is a clear recognition of the additional costs of a net-zero carbon…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Implementation of net zero carbon and the 21st century schools and colleges programme
To build on this, I am announcing today that, from 1 January 2022, all new-build, major refurbishment and extension projects requesting funding support through the programme will be required to demonstrate delivery of net-zero carbon in operation, plus a 20…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Implementation of net zero carbon and the 21st century schools and colleges programme
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Through our flagship twenty-first century schools and colleges programme, the Welsh Government has provided almost £1 billion in capital investment to support the delivery of 180 projects to improve schools and colleges, or to build…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supporting mental well-being in education
I thank Jane Dodds for that set of questions and join with her in paying tribute to my predecessor and for her commitment to both curriculum reform and to the agenda of mental health of children and young people, which was a very committed and very…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supporting mental well-being in education
I thank the Member for those two important questions. I think providing sufficient capacity in the system to be able to provide training and develop the professional learning environment that is needed is obviously essential. Part of the investment that we've…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supporting mental well-being in education
I thank Delyth Jewell for those questions on two very important areas. In terms of the first, and eco-anxiety, I've already acknowledged in the discussions that we've had how important it is to take this into account, and it's a core part of the work that…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supporting mental well-being in education
Diolch to Laura Anne Jones for that wide range of questions. I'll try and do justice to the breadth and depth of the questions that she covered in her contribution. In relation, firstly, to the question of the recruitment of over 100 whole-time equivalent…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supporting mental well-being in education
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. An important part of this is aligning how we access learning with modern patterns of living. Work is now beginning in earnest and I'll announce further details over coming weeks. To conclude, Dirprwy Lywydd, we in Wales have a proud…
