Rhun ap Iorwerth: ...and for that agreement that Government somehow needs to set a higher bar. We need ambition and we need political will if we’re going to build on our ambition for a healthier, wealthier and well-educated Wales—that’s a phrase that reminds me of our manifesto for last year. The manifesto that Plaid Cymru stood on for the National Assembly elections was for a well-educated and wealthier...
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.
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...
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: 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Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill, currently being considered by the Assembly, will replace outdated legislation and improve the support for all learners with ALN up to the age of 25.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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
Mark Drakeford: ‘Taking Wales Forward’ sets out our programme of education reforms to improve education in Wales.
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: ...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...
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...
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.
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: ...thought it right to bring the LCM before this Assembly for it to make a determination. And Nick Ramsay's absolutely right that, as we move into this area more, there will be a job of learning and education for other parts of the system to understand the way that we work here. However, having said that, we do support the creation of a single criminal offence that will apply to all taxes...
Mark Drakeford: Supporting a strong economy, closing the education attainment gap and improving skill levels are our key priorities and represent the most effective levers at our disposal to improve living standards in Wales.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: ...yw gwelliannau a fydd yn sicrhau gwelliannau diriaethol ac yn diogelu rhai gwasanaethau yng Nghymru am y tro cyntaf erioed. Byddaf yn edrych ar rai o'r meysydd gwariant ychydig yn fanylach. Medical education is something that I hope that there’s a growing consensus on in this place. We do have to ensure that our medical schools, and medical education more widely, do provide for the...
