Llyr Gruffydd: ...is very significant with every £1 invested bringing benefits of up to £74 over a lifetime according to the National Training Federation Wales, compared with £57 when investing in higher education or a degree, maybe more specifically. So, would you agree with me that apprenticeships represent one of the best examples of the effective use of European structural funds in Wales,...
Llyr Gruffydd: ...rhan o ymdrech i leihau'r baich sydd, i rai pobl, ar y proffesiwn addysgu ar hyn o bryd? I warmly welcome the fact that the Government is to seek to develop a national strategy on small and rural schools, and I do agree with the Minister that federation does offer a model and an alternative option in many contexts in order to tackle some of the challenges facing many of our schools. But,...
Llyr Gruffydd: ...endless austerity from a generation of politicians, let’s be honest, who faced none of those in their day. We all know that investment in early years is crucial for positive outcomes in terms of education and health, and in particular in preventing some of the problems that can arise later on in life. Developments in neuroscience are also showing that the teenage years can be just as...
Llyr Gruffydd: ...mewn ffordd arall hefyd. Wrth baratoi ar gyfer y ddadl yma, mi wnes i ddarganfod bod Prifysgol Bangor, er enghraifft, ymhlith y 100 prifysgol mwyaf rhyngwladol yn y byd, yn ôl y ‘Times Higher Education’. [Torri ar draws.] ‘Wrth gwrs, wrth gwrs’ medd un neu ddau yn fan hyn. Ie, wel, pam ddim, yn sicr? Mae Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd ar y brig o holl brifysgolion Prydain pan...
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...
Llyr Gruffydd: ...yn ei ddweud wrth y gwledydd eraill. Dyna le rydym ni eisiau ei gyrraedd, ac, wrth gwrs, dyna le rydym ni wedi bod, yn y bennod benodol yna, beth bynnag. Yn 1889, wedyn, a’r Welsh Intermediate Education Act yn cael ei phasio—deddfwriaeth wedi ei chyflwyno gan Aelodau Cymreig yn San Steffan a oedd yn chwyldroadol, oherwydd roedd yn golygu bod plant, waeth beth oedd eu cefndir economaidd...
Llyr Gruffydd: ...to that picture? There’s no doubting that the financial pressure is very grave and it’s going to lead to significant problems in the future. When you look at all the changes in the pipeline in education over the next few months and years—we’ve discussed the ALN Bill and the additional requirements as a result of that; we know of curriculum changes and the needs in terms of CPD of...
Llyr Gruffydd: ...have raised with you concerns about and worries that there are many flaws in the way that that is currently operating. You say that you’ll agree a long-term model of assessment and evaluation of schools—where does that, potentially, leave school categorisation? Will you be moving away from what some people see as contentious traffic light systems? I think there’s been a suggestion...
Llyr Gruffydd: ...like to ask you, Cabinet Secretary: what would you say to those people who felt, according to the research again from Qualifications Wales, that allowing only the first result to count towards a school performance measure would essentially be no different to completely removing the option of early entry because of the pressures that have been playing out previously, that the same pressure...
Llyr Gruffydd: ...yn eich clustiau achos roeddech chi’n troi at yr Aelod a wnaeth y cerydd yna pan ateboch chi’r cwestiynau blaenorol. Yr oedd un cerydd a wnaethpwyd bryd hynny yng nghyd-destun Minecraft for education. Yr oedd sôn am 10 ysgol—yn y datganiad blaenorol—yn ymwneud â hynny, allan o 1,600 o ysgolion, a dywedwyd nad oedd hyn yn ddigon da. Wel, mae’n dda gweld, yn y datganiad yma, beth...
Llyr Gruffydd: ...pwynt roeddwn i eisiau ei wneud oedd: os ydym ni o ddifrif ynglŷn â ffyniant economaidd yn y gogledd, yna byddai Brexit ddim yn digwydd o gwbl. Ac rŷm ni wedi gweld, drwy adroddiad gan y London School of Economics yn ddiweddar iawn nawr, wrth gwrs, yr impact y bydd sawl senario gwahanol yn ei gael. Ond o gofio, wrth gwrs, dibyniaeth economi gogledd Cymru ar weithgynhyrchu, ar y...
Llyr Gruffydd: ..., rŷm ni'n gwybod y stori, wrth gwrs, yn dyddio yn ôl i weithred Greta Thunberg, pan gynhaliodd hi'r brotest yn Awst 2018—dim ond 12 mis yn ôl—y tu allan i'r Riksdag yn Sweden, yn dal arwydd 'school strike for the climate', a hithau wedyn yn penderfynu ei bod hi'n teimlo ei bod hi'n gorfod gwneud hyn bob dydd Gwener tan y byddai Llywodraeth Sweden yn alinio â chytundeb Paris. Hi...
