Mark Drakeford: Devolution has been the most important influencing factor on education policy in Wales. Our national mission is helping us to raise standards, raise the attainment of all children and ensure we have an education system that is a source of national pride and public confidence.
Mark Drakeford: All learners have been impacted by the pandemic, with challenges for their learning and well-being, particularly those already disadvantaged. We have provided nearly £40 million to support schools and learners. We work with our partners to develop a comprehensive, medium-term support plan, which will be published in the coming months.
Mark Drakeford: ...Start and Families First programmes. We are helping families maximise incomes, reduce living costs and build financial resilience. We are supporting children to continue learning through free school meals, additional teachers and addressing digital exclusion.
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: There is a wide range of information available to the public to support their mental health needs through the 111 website. Schools have been issued with guidance to support learner and teacher wellbeing. All health boards have now included new information on their website to help people find the most appropriate mental health support for their needs.
Siân Gwenllian: ...n cael ei achosi ar faterion gweithredol, yn aml iawn. Felly, beth ydy'ch cynllun chi ar gyfer delio â'r pwysau sylweddol sy'n wynebu staff yn ein hysgolion ni? Rydych chi wedi sôn am roi grant i Education Support, sy'n elusen lles sy'n gweithredu ar draws y Deyrnas Unedig, dwi'n credu, ac maen nhw'n gweithio ar becyn o gymorth i'r gweithlu ysgol yng Nghymru. Faint o grant sydd wedi cael...
Mark Drakeford: Supported by the Welsh Government with up to £52 million in additional funding, local authorities in the South Wales West region have set in place systems to ensure that those who rely on free school meals do not have to go without whilst they are not at school.
Kirsty Williams: ...to meet their full potential, regardless of their background or circumstances. We continue to provide additional investment to ensure that all children and young people have equal access to an education during the pandemic and beyond.
Mark Drakeford: ...is having the greatest impact on some of our most vulnerable and disadvantaged learners. That is why we continue to provide additional investment to ensure all learners have equal access to an education whatever their background or circumstances.
Kirsty Williams: COVID-19 has had a massive impact on our education system, and our priority is to continue to provide the best for education services. Welsh Government has responded by providing an overarching single fund to support local authorities dealing with the impacts, providing financial assistance for additional costs incurred in dealing with the pandemic.
Mark Drakeford: The Welsh Government works with our partners across South Wales Central to educate, raise awareness and prevent hate crime. We provide funding to support victims and promote community cohesion. We have significantly bolstered our work in this area in recognition of tensions arising from EU withdrawal and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mark Drakeford: The Welsh Government has regular discussions with organisations involved in delivering the Senedd elections in May 2021. In particular, we are working with education and local government partners to enable newly enfranchised younger voters to take their opportunity to vote for the first time in the Senedd elections.
Kirsty Williams: We have been working in close partnership with universities, NUS Wales and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales to develop our collective response to the pandemic. We have provided more than £213 million to HEFCW this financial year, including an additional £27 million higher education investment and recovery fund, recognising the impact of the pandemic on universities.
Ken Skates: ...our support for business via the economic resilience fund. We want the people of Islwyn and across Wales to receive the assistance they need, be that work, self-employment or to take up a place in education or training.
Kirsty Williams: We are supporting schools in their efforts to deliver learning, given the range, scale and variability of disruption. We published our coronavirus control plan, which sets out our expectations for the operation of education and childcare settings at each of the stages in the wider coronavirus control plan for Wales.
Mark Drakeford: The Minister for Education has published operational guidance providing a framework for local authorities and schools to support all learners to return this term. The guidance sets out control measures that need to be taken to minimise the risk of transmission, including adhering to social distancing in the best ways possible.
Kirsty Williams: I have been clear that emotional and mental well-being must be a priority as children return to school. It is one of the key principles in my decision framework for the next phase of education and it features prominently in the learning and operational guidance published in June.
Jenny Rathbone: ...fynd i'r afael â'r gwahaniaethu anymwybodol sy'n wir am y rhan fwyaf ohonom ni. Rwy'n credu bod cymhlethdodau yr her hon wedi cael sylw gofalus iawn mewn cyfres ddiweddar ar Channel 4 o'r enw The School That Tried to End Racism, ac roedd wir yn dangos pa mor anodd oedd hi i'r disgyblion 11 a 12 mlwydd oed gwyn a'r rhai nad oedden nhw'n wyn, ond yn enwedig y disgyblion gwyn. Nid yw'n...
Mark Drakeford: The decision to increase operations in schools from 29 June was guided by an approach based on equality of access, as all learners have a right to education and to be supported in their learning. This phased approach aims to mitigate the negative impacts on learners caused by COVID-19.
Rebecca Evans: ...infrastructure across all parts of Wales. Investments in South Wales West include £9.7 million to improve the neonatal care unit in Singleton Hospital and the £29 million twenty-first century schools development at Cefn Saeson in Neath Port Talbot.
Kirsty Williams: ...trwyddedu cenedlaethol gyda Microsoft. A diolch i'r cytundeb hwnnw, gall bob un disgybl ac athro yn ein hysgolion gwladol ddefnyddio'r offerynnau Microsoft Office diweddaraf, gan gynnwys Minecraft Education Edition, ar eu dyfeisiau personol gartref. Ac enghraifft arall o Gymru yn arwain y ffordd yw'r ffaith ein bod wedi cyflwyno Adobe Spark yn genedlaethol—y wlad gyntaf yn y byd i wneud...
