Translate the text from Welsh to English.



 
Mae'r Ysgrifennydd Addysg, Kirsty Williams wedi lansio ymgynghoriad ar amrywiaeth o gynigion newydd i roi hyblygrwydd i gyrff llywodraethu benodi llywodraethwyr sy'n meddu ar y sgiliau sydd eu hangen, ac i drefnu eu hunain mewn ffordd sy'n bodloni eu hanghenion. 

 Mae'r rheolau presennol ar gyfer cyrff llywodraethu ysgolion wedi bod mewn grym ers 1996\. 

 Mae'r diwygiadau a gynigir yn cynnwys y canlynol: 

 * Rhagor o hyblygrwydd o ran penderfynu ar eu strwythur a'u haelodaeth eu hunain, gan ganolbwyntio ar lywodraethwyr sydd â sgiliau.
* Lleiafswm o saith o lywodraethwyr ym mhob ysgol heblaw ysgolion gwirfoddol ac ysgolion sefydledig. Bydd yn rhaid i gyrff llywodraethu gynnwys llywodraethwyr sy'n cynrychioli'r rhieni, y staff, yr awdurdod lleol a'r gymuned, yn ogystal â phennaeth yr ysgol.
* Cyflwyno categori newydd o 'lywodraethwyr cyfetholedig' a fydd yn cael eu penodi'n benodol oherwydd eu sgiliau. Ni fydd uchafswm ar nifer yr aelodau ar unrhyw fath o gorff llywodraethu.
* Asesu'r aelodau i nodi unrhyw fylchau o ran y sgiliau sydd eu hangen arnynt i gyflawni eu dyletswyddau'n effeithiol.
* Ymestyn categori'r rhiant lywodraethwr fel bod rhiant lywodraethwyr yn cael eu penodi ar gyrff llywodraethu yn ogystal â'r rheini a etholwyd.
* Rhoi'r hawl i ysgolion gael cynifer o riant lywodraethwyr ag y mynnant, cyn belled nad oes mwy o riant lywodraethwyr a etholwyd na rhiant lywodraethwyr a benodwyd.
* Caniatáu i rieni cyn\-ddisgyblion gael eu penodi'n rhiant lywodraethwyr a dileu'r system bresennol sy'n gosod cyfyngiadau ar nifer y rhiant lywodraethwyr a geir ar gyrff llywodraethu.
* Rhoi'r gallu i gyrff llywodraethu gynyddu neu leihau nifer eu haelodau'n rhwyddach, gan gynnwys penodi 'aelodau cyswllt' neu rai nad ydynt yn llywodraethwyr i bwyllgorau, pryd bynnag y bo angen arbenigedd neu brofiad penodol.
* Bydd y gofyniad i gynnwys unigolyn annibynnol yn cael ei estyn i bob pwyllgor disgyblu neu ddiswyddo staff, yn ogystal â phwyllgorau penodi penaethiaid a dirprwy benaethiaid. Ar hyn o bryd, dim ond pan fo pwyllgor disgyblu neu ddiswyddo staff yn ymdrin â mater yn ymwneud â niwed i blentyn y mae'r gofyniad hwn yn gymwys.

 Dywedodd Kirsty Williams: 

 
> “Mae tua 23,000 o lywodraethwyr ysgolion yng Nghymru sy'n rhoi o'u hamser yn wirfoddol i helpu i godi safonau yn ein hysgolion, ac rwy'n gwerthfawrogi'n fawr yr holl waith maen nhw'n ei wneud. 
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>  “Fodd bynnag, er bod y byd wedi newid yn ystod yr 20 mlynedd diwethaf, nid felly ein system ar gyfer llywodraethu ysgolion. Nid oes gan gyrff llywodraethu ysgolion yr hyblygrwydd i addasu er mwyn bodloni anghenion penodol eu hysgolion. 
> 
>  “Rwy am wneud newidiadau fel bod gan lywodraethwyr ysgolion y sgiliau a'r gallu i chwarae rhan bwysig yn y broses o wella'r addysg rydyn ni'n ei darparu i'n disgyblion.”







Translation:


 
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams has launched a consultation on a range of new proposals to provide governing bodies with the flexibility to appoint governors with the necessary skills and to organise themselves in a way that meets their needs. 

 The current rules for school governing bodies have been in place since 1996\. 

 Suggested reforms include: 

 * Greater flexibility to make their own decisions about their structure and membership, with a focus on skilled governors.
* A minimum of seven governors in all schools except voluntary and foundation schools, consisting of parent, staff, local authority, and community governors, as well as the head teacher.
* A new category of ‘co\-opted governors’ recruited specifically for their skills with no upper limit on the overall size of any type of governing body.
* Audits of members to identify any gaps in the skills they need to carry out their responsibilities effectively.
* Extend the category of parent governor so there will be appointed parent governors alongside their elected colleagues.
* Flexibility to have as many parent governors as they wish as long as elected parent governors do not outnumber appointed parent governors.
* Allowing parents of former pupils to be appointed as parent governor and ending the current system where governing bodies have restrictions on the number of parent governors they may have.
* Giving governing bodies the flexibility to increase or decrease their numbers more easily, including appointing ‘associate members’ or non governors to committees, whenever specific expertise or experience is needed.
* The requirement for an independent person – which currently only applies where a staff disciplinary and dismissal committee is dealing with a matter involving harm to a pupil \- will be extended to all staff disciplinary and dismissal committees, as well as head and deputy head teacher selection committees.

 Kirsty Williams said: 

 
> “There are around 23,000 school governors in Wales who give their time voluntarily to help raise standards in our schools and I greatly value all that they do. 
> 
>  “However, while the world has changed in the last 20 years, our school governing system hasn’t. School governing bodies do not have the flexibility to adapt to meet the specific needs of their schools. 
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>  “I want to make changes so that school governors have the skills and ability to play their important role in improving the education we provide to our pupils.”