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I am today publishing the Final Report of the Equalities Task and Finish Group.  

The Group’s work has focused on the differential educational performances between boys and girls and also the wider socio\-economic issues which affect their performance.  

The terms of reference directed the Group’s work under three objectives:


* a detailed analysis of the reasons for differential educational performances and outcomes between boys and girls;
* the impact on their performance of wider socio\-economic issues including substance misuse, teenage pregnancies;
* the longer term implications of underperformance on their future training and employability outcomes, including stereotypical choices within the workplace.


The Report highlights both the complexity of and the relationship between these areas.    

The Report makes twelve recommendations. There are clear links between these recommendations and the three goals I have set for the School Effectiveness  

Framework:


* improving literacy levels;
* improving numeracy levels; and
* reducing the impact of poverty on educational attainment.


The Deputy Minister for Skills and I have met with officials within my Department to consider the Group’s recommendations in the context of current and future work programmes and priorities.  


The Task and Finish Group has developed detailed proposals to address its first objective. These proposals, which relate to improving literacy and countering the underachievement of boys, have been carefully considered by officials in my Department developing the National Literacy Programme, including the strand of work designed to address boys’ underachievement. The Group notes that in these areas there is the potential to achieve significant improvements in a relatively short period of time.


The Task and Finish Group recognises that tackling socio\-economic issues is more complex and addressing the second and third bullet points will require a longer term multi\-agency approach. I agree with the Group that education has a fundamental contribution to make and my Department is committed to helping achieve these important goals.  


I would like to place on record my thanks to the Chair, Bethan Guilfoyle CBE, and to the members of the Equalities Task and Finish Group, for the thorough and professional way in which the Group has addressed its terms of reference to deliver a clear and comprehensive Report.


The Report is available at: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/publications/reports/equalities/?lang\=en  

and a copy has been placed in the Library.







Translation:


 
Rwyf heddiw’n cyhoeddi Adroddiad Terfynol y Grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen ar Gydraddoldebau.   
Mae gwaith y Grŵp wedi canolbwyntio ar y gwahaniaethau mewn perfformiad addysgol rhwng bechgyn a merched a hefyd ar y problemau economaidd\-gymdeithasol ehangach sydd yn effeithio ar eu perfformiad.  

 Roedd y cylch gorchwyl yn llywio gwaith y Grŵp yn erbyn tri amcan:

 * dadansoddiad manwl o’r rhesymau am y gwahaniaethau mewn perfformiad addysgol a deilliannau rhwng bechgyn a merched;
* effaith problemau economaidd\-gymdeithasol ehangach ar eu perfformiad gan gynnwys camddefnyddio sylweddau, beichiogrwydd ymysg merched ifanc yn eu harddegau;
* goblygiadau mwy hirdymor tanberfformio ar eu hyfforddiant a’u deilliannau o ran cyflogadwyedd yn y dyfodol, gan gynnwys dewisiadau ar sail stereoteipio yn y gweithle.

 Mae’r adroddiad yn amlinellu cymhlethdod y materion hyn a’r berthynas rhyngddynt.  
Mae’r adroddiad yn gwneud deuddeg argymhelliad. Mae cyswllt amlwg rhwng yr argymhellion hyn a’r tri nod yr wyf wedi eu pennu ar gyfer y Fframwaith Effeithiolrwydd Ysgolion:

 * gwella lefelau llythrennedd;
* gwella lefelau rhifedd; a
* lleihau effaith tlodi ar gyrhaeddiad addysgol.

 Rydw i a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Sgiliau wedi cyfarfod â swyddogion yn fy Adran i ystyried argymhellion y Grŵp yng nghyd\-destun rhaglenni gwaith a blaenoriaethau cyfredol a rhai i’r dyfodol.  

 Mae’r Grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen ar Gydraddoldebau wedi datblygu cynigion manwl ar gyfer ymdrin â’r amcan cyntaf. Ystyriwyd y cynigion hyn, sy’n ymdrin â gwella llythrennedd ac atal tangyflawni ymysg bechgyn, yn ofalus gan y swyddogion yn fy Adran sy’n datblygu’r Rhaglen Lythrennedd Genedlaethol, gan gynnwys y llinyn gwaith sy’n mynd i’r afael â thangyflawni ymysg bechgyn. Noda’r Grŵp bod cyfle i gyflawni gwelliannau mawr mewn amser cymharol fyr.

 Mae’r Grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen yn cydnabod bod mynd i’r afael â’r problemau economaidd\-gymdeithasol yn fwy cymhleth ac y bydd angen ymagwedd mwy hirdymor ac amlasiantaethol i fynd i’r afael â’r ail a’r trydydd bwyntiau bwled. Rwyf yn cytuno gyda’r Grŵp fod gan addysg gyfraniad hanfodol i’w wneud a mae fy adran wedi ymrwymo i gyflawni’r nodau pwysig hyn. 

 Hoffwn ddiolch yn swyddogol i’r Cadeirydd, Bethan Guilfoyle CBE, ac i aelodau ‘r Grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen ar Gydraddoldebau, am y ffordd drwyadl a phroffesiynol y mae’r Grŵp wedi mynd i’r afael â’i Gylch Gorchwyl i gynhyrchu Adroddiad cynhwysfawr a chlir. 

 Mae’r Adroddiad ar gael yn: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/publications/reports/equalities/?skip\=1\&lang\=cy a mae copi wedi ei ddodi yn y Llyfrgell.