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Ar 29 Ionawr 2013, derbyniodd Llywodraeth Cymru argymhellion yr Adolygiad o Gymwysterau ar gyfer pobl ifanc 14 i 19 oed yng Nghymru. Mae’r adolygiad wedi’i groesawu’n eang gan randdeiliaid fel un trylwyr, agored a democrataidd ac mae swyddogion wrthi’n bwrw ymlaen i weithredu’r 42 o argymhellion o’r adolygiad.  

O ran cyfleoedd asesu mis Ionawr ar gyfer cymwysterau UG a Safon Uwch, roedd y dystiolaeth o’r adolygiad yn amhendant ac argymhelliad yr adolygiad oedd y dylai Llywodraeth Cymru gydnabod y safbwyntiau amrywiol a fynegwyd gan randdeiliaid ynghylch parhau i’w defnyddio.  

Er mwyn gofalu bod y penderfyniad ar y mater hwn yn sicrhau lles pennaf ein dysgwyr ac yn seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, gofynnais i’m swyddogion gasglu rhagor o safbwyntiau rhanddeiliaid ynghylch cyfleoedd asesu mis Ionawr, a daeth arolwg ar\-lein chwe wythnos i ben ar 14 Ionawr.

Rydw i wedi ystyried yr ystod o dystiolaeth oedd ar gael i mi mewn perthynas â’r mater hwn ac wedi dod i’r casgliad y dylai cyfleoedd asesu barhau i fod ar gael ym mis Ionawr 2014 i’r myfyrwyr ddechreuodd eu cyrsiau Safon Uwch ym Medi 2012\. Yn fy marn i, byddai’n anghywir rhwystro myfyrwyr oedd yn credu, pan ddechreusant eu cyrsiau, y byddai asesiadau Ionawr ar gael iddynt rhag cael y cyfleoedd asesu hyn. Mae’n fater i sefydliadau dyfarnu ddewis a fyddant yn cynnig y cyfleoedd asesu hyn, ond hyderaf mai lles y dysgwyr fydd y brif flaenoriaeth yn eu penderfyniadau nhw hefyd.

Rydym ar hyn o bryd yn ystyried materion ehangach ynghylch strwythur TAG Safon Uwch yng Nghymru. Cafwyd tystiolaeth glir o blaid y strwythur UG ac A2 ar gyfer y cymwysterau allweddol hyn. Rydw i’n ymwybodol o gefnogaeth gan randdeiliaid i’r strwythur hwn hefyd, yn cynnwys prifysgolion, sy’n ystyried bod y cymhwyster UG yn ddangosydd pwysig o addasrwydd ymgeiswyr ar gyfer Addysg Uwch.

Heb os, byddwn yn parhau i weithio gyda rhanddeiliaid i sicrhau ein bod yn rhoi lles gorau ein dysgwyr o flaen unrhyw ideoleg wleidyddol. Byddaf yn gwneud cyhoeddiad pellach ynghylch argaeledd cyfleoedd asesu Ionawr ar gyfer grwpiau eraill o fyfyrwyr yn ogystal ag ar strwythur ehangach cymwysterau UG a Safon Uwch yng Nghymru yn ystod tymor yr haf.

  






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On 29 January 2013, the Welsh Government accepted the recommendations of the Review of Qualifications for 14 to 19 year olds in Wales. The review has been widely welcomed by stakeholders as being thorough, open and democratic and officials are currently working to take forward the review’s 42 recommendations.


On the issue of AS and A level January assessment opportunities, evidence from the review was inconclusive and the review recommended that the Welsh Government should recognise the range of views expressed by stakeholders about their continued use.


In order to ensure that a decision on this issue is taken in the best interests of our learners and based on evidence, I asked my officials to gather further stakeholder views on the January assessment opportunities and a six week online survey closed on 14 January.


I have now considered the range of evidence available to me in relation to this issue and have concluded that for those students who started their A level courses in September 2012, assessment opportunities should remain available to them in January 2014\. In my view, it would be wrong for me to deny these students the assessment opportunities which, when they started their courses, they believed would be available to them. It is a matter for awarding organisations to choose whether they will offer these assessment opportunities but I trust they will also put the interests of learners at the heart of their decisions.  


We are currently considering wider issues about the structure of GCE A levels in Wales. The Review of Qualifications provided clear evidence of support for the current AS / A2 structure for these key qualifications.  I am also aware of support for this structure from stakeholders, including universities, who consider the AS to be an important indicator of candidates’ suitability for Higher Education. 


We will, of course, continue to work with stakeholders to make sure that we put the interests of our learners before any political ideology. I will make a further announcement on the availability of January assessment opportunities for other cohorts of students as well as on the wider structure of AS and A levels in Wales during the summer term.