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...
Darren Millar: ...for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and then, in 2014, extending those duties to promote knowledge and understanding of the UNCRC. We’ve supported the development of school councils to give children and young people a greater say in how their schools are run, and we’ve encouraged young people to use the Assembly’s petitions process to raise concerns and to...
Darren Millar: ...receipt of funds from the Welsh Government that are yet to adopt the IHRA definition; and indeed, some of them have outright rejected it. This is particularly concerning, I think, in our higher education sector. We have eight universities in Wales; only one, Bangor University, has adopted the IHRA definition, and that compares extremely badly to the higher education system in other parts...
Darren Millar: ...new jobs, which I hope will be well-paid jobs across the whole of Wales, as a result of the zones. And, therefore, there's going to need to be a very close working relationship with the higher education sector and the further education college sector as well. So, I wonder what action the Welsh Government is taking to make sure that there is a dialogue and an alignment with our education...
