Bethan Sayed: ...time, but the impact of that is not temporary; it has an impact on a young person who has experienced that throughout their life. I think, of course, that we have to use that funding not only for education, but for the public sector more generally. If we can fund things that will assist our young children, then that’s how we should be using those funds. Gwnaeth David Melding sylwadau...
Mark Drakeford: Budget discussions were held with a range of stakeholders and Cabinet colleagues on financial issues, including priorities within the education main expenditure group, which informed the spending plans approved yesterday.
Kirsty Williams: I have set out our national mission to improve education attainment through a programme of education reforms. These include the development of a new curriculum and assessment reform, improved initial teacher education, teacher’s professional development, building leadership capacity and reducing the attainment gap.
Mr Simon Thomas: ...immigration system. We can make use of that then to tailor both students and migrant workers to the needs of the Welsh economy. The final thing that we need to do to ensure the future of the higher education system and international students is to take international students out of those immigration targets. It’s not widely known, but of the immigration numbers that we always talk about,...
Mark Drakeford: ...is a process that I intend to pursue further as this Assembly proceeds. Dirprwy Lywydd, amendments to the budget happen in both directions. The change in arrangements for the registration of the education workforce has resulted in a transfer out of the settlement of £1 million formerly provided in respect of teacher registration fee subsidies. The bulk of changes, however, have been to...
Julie Morgan: ...yr ysgol, a gomisiynwyd gan Gymdeithas Hanes Pobl Fyddar Prydain. Enw’r llyfr yw ‘From a War-torn Town to a Country Exile—A History of the Royal Cambrian and Llandrindod Wells Residential Schools for the Deaf 1846-1973’. Mae Mr Moon yn ymgyrchydd amlwg dros hawliau pobl fyddar a dyfarnwyd yr MBE iddo am ei waith dros gydraddoldeb a gwasanaeth gwirfoddol i’r gymuned fyddar yn ne...
Mark Drakeford: ‘Taking Wales Forward’ sets out our programme of education reforms to improve education in Wales.
Mark Drakeford: ...a wider range of services suitable for discharge at a regional level. In October, the balance of advice favoured mandating health board footprints for the regional delivery of purposes such as education improvement, public protection and social services. The more detailed discussion has highlighted concerns that sticking rigidly to the health board footprint for other services could...
Kirsty Williams: We have discussed how education and CAMHS joint working can be improved, to help children and young people who require emotional support. We will continue to maximise opportunities to improve the health and well-being of children through the development of the new curriculum and through the school inspection programme.
Alun Davies: We are using a variety of methods to promote Welsh-medium education and the opportunities it offers. Ensuring an increase in the number of children in Welsh-medium education in all parts of Wales will be vital if we are to achieve the aim of reaching a million Welsh speakers by 2050.
Kirsty Williams: Thank you, Jenny. From the outset of the programme the regional consortia and the local authorities have worked closely with their Schools Challenge Cymru schools to encourage and embed appropriate collaboration. My officials will continue to work with the regions to ensure that this good practice is maintained and shared across the entire system.
Llyr Gruffydd: .... Ond dyna ni, mi gawn ni’r ddadl yna rywbryd eto yng nghwrs y drafodaeth o gwmpas y darn yna o waith. Now, I’m from a generation, of course—or my parents were from a generation—where education was about getting your O-levels. Yes, I was the last year that stood or sat the O-level. You get your O-level, you get your A-level, you get to university and you get your degree. To be...
Mark Drakeford: The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill, currently being considered by the Assembly, will replace outdated legislation and improve the support for all learners with ALN up to the age of 25. We have announced £20 million funding to support the successful implementation and delivery of the new system.
Mark Drakeford: Band A of the twenty-first century schools and education programme will see investment of over £356 million in schools in South Wales Central over the five-year period ending 2019.
Mark Drakeford: ...out its commitment to examine innovative ways of funding public infrastructure. Since then, innovative financial instruments have already been used to increase investment in transport, housing and education by £0.5 billion. One of the reasons we have been able to fund this additional investment is because Wales has not been exposed to large-scale PFI schemes. Our exposure to the cost of...
Vaughan Gething: Last week, I announced a £95 million funding package to support a wide range of education and training programmes for healthcare professionals. This included a 13 per cent increase in nurse training places, a 40 per cent increase in midwifery training places and enables more than 3,000 new students to undertake study in Wales.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: ...where people in this country can’t take enough pride in our level of prosperity and in our levels of wealth? We can see those persistently worrying indicators on health and the PISA rankings for education. Poverty levels are still devastatingly high. We can’t genuinely look people in Wales in the eye and say, ‘Yes, we are reaching our potential’. But, let’s move towards a time...
Mark Drakeford: ...Government to support the launch of the new treatment fund to give people in Wales fast access to new and innovative treatments. An additional £20 million in revenue funding goes to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and is formalised in this budget to respond to current and future financial pressures, including the implementation of the Diamond report recommendations. This...
Michelle Brown: ...pwysleisio bod sefydliadau elusennol na chawsant eu hethol—a dywedaf eto, na chawsant eu hethol—y trydydd sector megis y Sefydliad Cenedlaethol er Ymchwil i Addysg, Ymddiriedolaeth Sutton, The Education Endowment Foundation, a’r Joseph Rowntree Foundation, yn chwarae rhyw ran mewn casglu tystiolaeth i effeithio ar y diweddariadau hyn. Ni ddylai’r pynciau hyn, ni waeth pa mor dda...
Darren Millar: ..., Rhieni dros Addysg Gymraeg, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg and many, many others—a chorus of voices, in fact—have expressed their concerns about the quality and lack of ambition of the Welsh in education strategic plans that have been produced by local authorities across the country. We know that we’re facing an uphill battle. We saw the number of Welsh speakers in Wales fall between...
