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Ar 22 Ionawr, lansiais i'r ymgynghoriad Cysoni’r model prentisiaethau ag anghenion economi Cymru.  Diben yr ymgynghoriad oedd ceisio barn cyflogwyr, prentisiaid, darparwyr hyfforddiant a rhanddeiliaid eraill sy’n ymwneud â chynllunio a chyflenwi prentisiaethau er mwyn helpu i ffurfio a llywio dyfodol y rhaglen prentisiaethau yng Nghymru yn unol â’r uchelgais yn y Datganiad Polisi ar Sgiliau, a gyhoeddwyd gennym yn 2014\.  Roedd yr ymgynghoriad ar agor am 13 wythnos a chaeodd ar 24 Ebrill 2015\.  
   
Rwyf i’n ddiolchgar i’r holl bobl ifanc, cyflogwyr a chyrff a ymatebodd i’r ymgynghoriad. Cawsom dros 130 o ymatebion ffurfiol a 21 o ymatebion anffurfiol ynghyd â 163 o ymatebion i’r fersiwn oedd wedi’i anelu at bobl ifanc.

Rwyf i’n falch fod y mwyafrif llethol o ymatebwyr ar y cyfan yn cefnogi agwedd newydd at brentisiaethau yng Nghymru. Roedd llawer iawn o gefnogaeth i ddatblygu Prentisiaethau Uwch, er nid ar draul Prentisiaethau Sylfaen; y farn oedd bod y rhain yn cyflawni rôl hanfodol i lawer o gyflogwyr.

Roedd nifer o’r ymatebion yn canolbwyntio ar yr angen i egluro manteision y rhaglen prentisiaethau’n well – i gyflogwyr, ysgolion a rhieni – a’r angen i sicrhau bod gan brentisiaethau baredd â chymwysterau academaidd.

Er bod ymatebwyr yn cytuno bod llawer y gellid ei ddysgu o raglenni oedd yn cael eu datblygu yn Lloegr, yr Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon, roedd awydd cyson i weld rhaglen wedi’i chynllunio’n benodol i ddiwallu anghenion cyflogwyr a phobl ifanc yng Nghymru; yn enwedig wrth ystyried y nifer o BBaChau a microfusnesau sydd yng Nghymru. Roedd neges glir hefyd na ddylid colli llais cyflogwyr llai wrth ddatblygu rhaglenni prentisiaethau.

Yr hyn a ymddangosodd yn gryf drwy’r ymgynghoriad oedd pwysigrwydd perthynas waith agos rhwng y llywodraeth, cyflogwyr a darparwyr addysg (yn enwedig mewn Addysg Bellach ac Addysg Uwch) i sicrhau bod y rhaglenni’n cael eu datblygu’n gyson, gyda lefelau sgiliau clir a chyfartal, a llwybrau dilyniant clir i ddysgwyr.

Yn gyffredinol, roedd yr ymatebwyr i ymgynghoriad y Bobl Ifanc yn cefnogi prentisiaethau ac yn teimlo eu bod yn cynnig cyfleoedd clir i bobl ifanc at y dyfodol. Roedd y mwyafrif llethol o ymatebwyr yn teimlo ei bod yn bwysig fod rhaglenni prentisiaethau’n cael eu datblygu i fod yn gryf ac yn addas i gyflogwyr a dysgwyr ar draws Cymru.

Bydd yr ymatebion i’r ymgynghoriad yn cael eu defnyddio i gynorthwyo gyda datblygu cynllun gweithredu ar gyfer model prentisiaeth newydd i Gymru a gaiff ei gyhoeddi’n ddiweddarach eleni.

Mae crynodeb o’r ymatebion i’r ymgynghoriad wedi’i gyhoeddi ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru.

  






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On 22 January, I launched a consultation on Aligning the apprenticeship model with the needs of the Welsh economy.  The purpose of the consultation was to seek the views of employers, apprentices, training providers and other stakeholders to help shape and inform the future of the apprenticeship programme in Wales in line with the ambitions within the Policy statement on skills which we published in 2014\.  The consultation was open for 13 weeks and closed on 24 April 2015\.


I am grateful to all the young people, employers and organisations who responded to the consultation.  We had over 130 formal responses and 21 informal responses, together with 163 responses to the version aimed at young people.


I am pleased that the vast majority of respondents were generally supportive of a new approach to apprenticeships in Wales.  There was a great deal of support for the development of Higher Apprenticeships, although not at the expense of Foundation Apprenticeships which were felt to fulfil a crucial role for many employers.


Several of the responses focused on the need for better communication of the benefits of apprenticeships – for employers, for schools and for parents – and for apprenticeships to have parity with academic qualifications.


Whilst respondents agreed that much could be learned from the apprenticeship programmes being developed in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, there was a consistent desire for a programme designed specifically to meet the needs of employers and young people in Wales; especially when considering the number of SMEs and micro\-businesses in Wales.  There was also a clear message to ensure the voice of smaller employers was not lost in the development of apprenticeship programmes.


What emerged strongly through the consultation was the importance of close working relationships between government, employers and education providers (especially in Further Education and Higher Education) to ensure that the


  

programmes are developed consistently, with clear and equitable skills levels, and with clear progression routes for learners.


Overall the respondents to the young people’s consultation were supportive of apprenticeships and felt they provided young people with clear opportunities for the future.  The vast majority of respondents felt that it was important that apprenticeship programmes were developed to be strong and suitable for employers and learners across Wales.


Responses to the consultation will be used to inform the development of an implementation plan for a new apprenticeship model for Wales which will be published later this year.


A summary of the consultation responses has been published on the Welsh Government website.