Kirsty Williams: On 15 March I published criteria for the accreditation of initial teacher education programmes to improve the quality and consistency of initial teacher education. The written ministerial statement issued on the same date details significant progress in our programme of reform.
Alun Davies: ...certain that I do accept that, because if we do accept that analysis and accept the suggestion that the Plaid Cymru spokesperson is making, then of course we would have one funding system for all schools across Wales. We would be nationalising, if you like, the local schools. I’m not sure that the Member is asking for that. I certainly wouldn’t wish to see that. So, you’re bound to...
Hannah Blythyn: .... So, Minister, I’d like to ask specifically what is being done, not just to support these parents to learn Welsh alongside their children, and to encourage their children to stay in Welsh-medium education, but to potentially offer a career path for the parents themselves.
Mr Simon Thomas: ...why the letter that’s been sent by the Prime Minister on behalf of the UK state does not refer to the environment, or agriculture, or climate change, or, indeed, to research amongst our higher education institutions—all vital parts of the Welsh economy and the Welsh future. I’d be interested to know how we can get a better deal for EU citizens living now in Wales, and protect their...
David Lloyd: ...insulted and vilified the Welsh language, causing persistent humiliation and shame for generations to come. That’s what we’ve got to still, partially, be answerable to these days. The education Act brought primary school education in the medium of English to all. The Welsh Not was hung around Welsh-speaking children’s necks and, if you still had it around your neck at the end of the...
Mark Drakeford: ...in Wales and to organisations such as Keep Wales Tidy to improve local environment quality. Our aim is to help empower communities in their local area and to encourage community engagement through education, collaborative working and enforcement programmes.
Vikki Howells: ...Her Peirianwyr Yfory EEP Robotics yn ddiweddar. Maent wedi adeiladu, rhaglennu a rheoli robotiaid Lego. Hefyd, maent wedi datblygu eu hateb eu hunain i broblem wyddonol a osodwyd gan NASA a Lego Education. Dyma weithwyr y dyfodol, gweithwyr y pedwerydd chwyldro diwydiannol, ac mae’n galonogol gweld eu bod yn datblygu’r sgiliau y bydd eu hangen arnynt, ac yn gwneud hynny yn awr. I gloi,...
Mark Drakeford: ...local authorities across our border in England. The funding formula we use in Wales is an objective formula. It is driven primarily by numbers of people who live in an area, the number of pupils in schools, and by expert advice in relation to the costs of meeting deprivation, rurality and particular services. It is why Labour leaders on the finance sub-group voted this year to implement...
Mark Drakeford: ...Office identified improvements in Cardiff council’s performance, financial planning, HR management and accountability. Estyn concluded in October that significant improvements had been made in education services. The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales found in 2016 that children’s services had a clear sense of direction and high levels of confidence amongst staff and managers.
David Lloyd: ...re all thinking of the local council elections at the moment and about local councils specifically in this debate today—I would like to emphasise throughout that, yes, local councils look after education and all sorts of other things, but we do have to remember the importance of social care. Thank you very much.
Mr Simon Thomas: ...for Wales. You can look on it and see what the air quality is for your area, but it's very generalised. I couldn't find out what it was for the street I live in, though I live literally between a school and a main road. I would have thought that's an ideal area to know what the air quality is like, but I couldn't find that out from the publicly available information at the moment. I think...
Kirsty Williams: Sixth form provision provides an important route for learners accessing post-16 education in Wales. It provides a significant option for our learners supporting guided progression into HE, further learning and employment.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: ..., which is leading to the closure of surgeries in Burry Port and in Porthcawl and in many other places that we’re hearing about in Wales. So, support this, and aim high. Let’s get this medical school in Bangor. Wales needs it. Wales’s patients need it.
David Lloyd: ...haven’t been able to do that on a number of fronts. They either haven’t had the powers, the ambition, or possibly a combination of both. For a country that has led the way in healthcare, education and industry, is this really the best we can do? Ever since I was first elected to the National Assembly in 1999, the regular release of statistics on unemployment, economic inequality and...
Mark Drakeford: Our education priorities are set out in ‘Taking Wales Forward’ as it is a devolved matter.
Kirsty Williams: Gross schools expenditure in Cardiff last year was budgeted to be over £288 million, 3.8% higher than in 2015-16. Cardiff delegated over 88% of the funding to schools giving a delegated budget of over £254 million - a 5.7% increase from the previous year, the highest percentage increase in Wales.
Jeremy Miles: ...y sgiliau a’r syniadau sydd eu hangen arnom i fanteisio ar ein rôl yn y byd, yma gartref, drwy system addysg sy’n edrych tuag allan. I applaud the Welsh Government on its international education programme, which is provided by the British Council and assists in giving an international perspective to our pupils. I hope to see this being built on as we develop our schools curriculum....
Mark Drakeford: The reforms that were announced in November in response to the Diamond Review will create a sustainable student support and higher education funding system for Wales. This will make Wales the only country in the UK to implement a system providing parity for undergraduate full-time, part-time and postgraduate students.
Mark Drakeford: ...the roll-out of the Welsh Local Government Association’s summer holiday programme, Food and Fun. This programme provides a free, healthy breakfast and lunch, along with a suite of enriching and educational activities that seek to tackle learning loss.
Bethan Sayed: ..., what I’ve heard from so many young carers is that they wouldn’t give up their responsibilities, but what they need is more support, more recognition of their role and more flexibility from school, health professionals and others when it comes to juggling what they do at home with the rest of their lives. I recognise that there are requirements under the Social Services and Well-being...
