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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
[Inaudible.]—point. I think the additional funding that has been made available to local authorities in order to implement the new reforms has, of course, been significantly enhanced and extended in recent months. In January, I announced an additional £18…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
We are co-creating an accountability framework to understand the impact of the implementation of the new ALN legislation. This will include assessing the effectiveness of implementation, obviously, but also identifying barriers and also measures to support…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
The most recent figures that I've seen show acceptances for secondary priority subjects, which is the area of key concern, increasing by 8 per cent, and acceptances to train to teach through the medium of Welsh, including Welsh as a language, increasing by 45…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, thank you for that, and I think it's absolutely an important point, as we've heard already today. I hope the Member will be reassured—I'll be publishing a 10-year plan very soon that will set out the steps we plan to take in partnership with a range of…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
We are continuing to work with our initial teacher education partnerships and other stakeholders to ensure that recruitment to programmes of initial teacher education meet the desired levels for the future workforce.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Yes, I think that's a really important point. Everything I know from having visited the college—and I was delighted to be able to officially open the STEAM Academy, actually, in Pencoed campus—is that the college has a real focus, actually, on making sure…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, I'll take the opportunity, if I may, to compliment Huw Irranca-Davies and Sarah Murphy on their commitment to the work of the college, the support that you both provide for it, and for the further education offer in your constituencies as well. On both…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
My officials in the sustainable communities for learning programme team are actively involved in discussions with Bridgend College about this development, and I am delighted, personally, that the college is proposing to accelerate delivery of a future…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, I can assure you that—I know that you've quoted an academic who feels strongly in support of the perspective that you describe—there are plenty of others who take exactly the opposite view. And she will have known that, yesterday, we had the Institute…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
We discuss this issue regularly. We have most recently discussed a range of areas linked to the issue of addressing skills gaps, including careers and work-related experiences, the young person's guarantee, and the renew and reform project.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I accept the point that one of the challenges is to have the time to look after yourself. That has been very challenging. You're right also to say that the experience of the last two years isn't at an end, and education practitioners, teachers and assistants…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
'Yes' is the answer. There are two things ongoing. We have tripled the budget to provide support to teachers who are under pressure. Part of that is online resources, some of it is one-to-one advice, and some of it is training for leaders and headteachers to…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, the Member, I think, is conflating two separate things. The review that has been announced by the Welsh Government, in conjunction with Plaid Cymru, is around the made-in-Wales qualifications. There's an existing review that Qualifications Wales has…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, I'm sorry to give the Member the same answer that I gave earlier, but I'm not sure she entirely followed what I was saying. There is a vocational qualifications review under way that will explore the extent to which made-in-Wales qualifications can be…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, that's an important question that the Member raises in her question. She's right to say that the UK Government is phasing out a number of qualifications in England, which will have an effect on learners in Wales because they're also studied here in…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, the combined effect, I think, of the curriculum reforms and the ALN reforms is—. The focus on literacy will drive improvement in this area, and the training available through the professional learning programme that we've been investing in will…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, thank you for that question. Certainly we do need to do more to ensure the availability of resources through the medium of Welsh for dyslexia in general. As part of the plan to ensure that the new legislation is implemented in the most effective way, we…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
We are developing the skills of the education workforce and have made additional bilingual resources and guidance available to help practitioners better meet the educational needs of learners with specific learning difficulties, including dyslexia. In…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, we look forward to supporting the coleg Cymraeg in expanding its reach through all parts of the higher education system in Wales, including those to which the Member refers in his question. The resources available to the coleg Cymraeg will be…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you for the question. We know what the situation is. There is a need to recruit more teachers who can teach science subjects through the medium of Welsh, and we have plans to do so through financial incentives to incentivise people and draw people into…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
It was an honour to attend the coleg's tenth birthday celebration last week. I'm pleased to be able to commit to providing additional funding to the coleg to increase the proportion of apprenticeships and Welsh-medium further education. This is being done in…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: The National Music Service: Delivering the National Plan for Music Education
I thank Ken Skates for those two really important questions. On the first of the two questions, actually, we have already had contact from a number of high-profile Welsh musicians—some in Wales, but some beyond our borders—who have been terribly excited by…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: The National Music Service: Delivering the National Plan for Music Education
I thank the Member for that, and I think that his point about inspiring the next generation is really at the heart of this. Whether your experience of music is just to have a go at an instrument at primary school, or whether it becomes a lifelong passion, or…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: The National Music Service: Delivering the National Plan for Music Education
I thank the Member for that. When I was on the committee that looked into this in the last Senedd, we took evidence from a range of music services. So, the ambition of the plan isn't to stipulate the form of the service delivery; that will remain a function…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: The National Music Service: Delivering the National Plan for Music Education
Can I commend Members generally for having been restrained in their use of musical puns in their contributions today? But, I'll just say, Carolyn Thomas, that your contribution hit the right note. I hope Members won't feel this is too orchestrated…
