Translate the text from Welsh to English.



 
Dywedodd y Gweinidog:



> Drwy weithio ar y cyd â Chymwysterau Cymru a CBAC, rydyn ni wedi ceisio sicrhau dull gweithredu sy'n deg ac sy’n cydbwyso gwahaniaethau yn y safonau a ddefnyddir mewn perthynas â barn athrawon mewn ysgolion.
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> O ystyried y penderfyniadau mewn mannau eraill, bellach mae’r cydbwysedd o ran tegwch yn seiliedig ar ddyfarnu graddau asesu canolfannau i fyfyrwyr, er gwaethaf cryfderau'r system yng Nghymru.
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> Rwy'n gwneud y penderfyniad hwn nawr cyn i’r canlyniadau gael eu rhyddhau’r wythnos yma, fel bod amser i'r gwaith angenrheidiol gael ei wneud.
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> O ran y graddau a gafodd eu cyhoeddi’r wythnos diwethaf, rwy wedi penderfynu y bydd yr holl ddyfarniadau yng Nghymru, ar gyfer blwyddyn eithriadol 2020, hefyd yn cael eu gwneud ar sail asesiad athrawon.
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> I'r bobl ifanc hynny y mae ein system wedi cynhyrchu graddau uwch na'r rhai a ragwelwyd iddynt gan athrawon, bydd y graddau uwch yn sefyll.
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> Nid yw cynnal safonau’n rhywbeth newydd ar gyfer 2020, mae'n rhan o’r ffordd yr ydyn ni’n dyfarnu cymwysterau bob blwyddyn yng Nghymru, a ledled y DU.
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> Fodd bynnag, mae'n amlwg bod angen inni wneud y penderfyniad anodd hwn er mwyn inni gael ffydd yn ein cymwysterau a bod yn deg i fyfyrwyr.
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> Mae'r rhain yn amgylchiadau eithriadol, a maes o law byddaf yn gwneud datganiad pellach ar adolygiad annibynnol o'r digwyddiadau yn dilyn canslo'r arholiadau eleni."
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> Mae Sefydliadau Dyfarnu eraill ledled y DU yn ymwneud â phenderfynu ar y dull gweithredu ar gyfer dyfarnu cymwysterau galwedigaethol. A dyna’r sefyllfa o hyd, ond mae’n bwysig fy mod i’n rhoi sicrwydd i fyfyrwyr TGAU, Safon Uwch, Safon UG cyn gynted ag y bo modd.







Translation:


 
The Minister said:



> Working with Qualifications Wales and WJEC we have sought an approach which provides fairness and balances out differences in the standards applied to judgments in schools.
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> Given decisions elsewhere, the balance of fairness now lies with awarding Centre Assessment grades to students, despite the strengths of the system in Wales.
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> I am taking this decision now ahead of results being released this week, so that there is time for the necessary work to take place.
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> For grades issued last week, I have decided that all awards in Wales will also be made on the basis of teacher assessment.
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> For those young people, for whom our system produced higher grades than those predicted by teachers, the higher grades will stand.
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> Maintaining standards is not new for 2020, it is a feature of awarding qualifications every year in Wales, and across the UK.
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> However, it is clear that maintaining confidence in our qualifications whilst being fair to students requires this difficult decision.
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> These have been exceptional circumstances, and in due course I will be making a further statement on an independent review of events following the cancellation of this year’s exams.
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> Other Awarding Bodies across the UK are involved in the determining the approach to vocational qualifications.  This continues to be the case but it is important that I give assurance to GCSE, AS and A level student at the earliest opportunity.