English: We have responded to a consultation on the curriculum Bill, so I think that the proposals in place at the moment would cause us some concern if they are going to endanger or undermine that progress within Welsh-medium education. I note that the Minister has recently said that she accepts that there are concerns, and is eager to respond to those. So, I do hope that there will be a response to that. But it's not just a matter of immersion education. I think there is room to believe now, from the work that I've been doing over the past few months, that there is a legislative problem here in terms of the status of immersion education in Wales, where to all intents and purposes, the education system sees English-medium education as the norm. Because immersion education was created because of actions by parents and language campaigners rather than being put in place in statute, there is a risk that immersion education is not in the mainstream of education in Wales. I think the education system does need to recognise that there is more than one education system in Wales by now. But I am also concerned about the ambition - and it is an ambition, and I welcome the ambition - in terms of improving the Welsh language provision within English-medium education. We have been urging Government to make it clear exactly how they're going to change the status quo. The reality - and I speak as someone who attended an English-medium school - of the situation is that the vast majority of the young people leaving our English-medium schools can only say 'bore da' or 'prynhawn da'. That's what we're looking at, and that is a disgrace within a nation that purports to be a bilingual nation. Because it's not from any linguistic perspective, but it is damaging to the opportunities of those young people in the workplace. We are damaging their employment opportunities, if we are eager to see an increase in terms of our bilingual workforce. So what we've asked for, just as you would have some sort of guidance on relationships education, that there should also be guidance on Welsh language education, so that we can see exactly how the Government will respond to its ambition. There's been a great deal of discussion about the language continuum and so on, and if I'm entirely honest with you, I don't truly understand how much of that is going to be delivered, particularly within the English language sector. And if we're not honest about that and honest about the challenge that exists in terms of recruiting sufficient numbers of teachers to truly turn that situation around, then we will reach 2050 and the dream will not have been realised.
Welsh: Iawn. Rydyn ni wedi ymateb i'r ymgynghoriad ar Fil y cwricwlwm. Dwi'n meddwl ei fod o'n wir fod y cynigion sydd gerbron ar hyn o bryd - mae gennym ni rywfaint o bryder a ydy'r cynigion yna yn mynd i beryglu neu danseilio'r cynnydd o fewn addysg Gymraeg. A dwi'n nodi bod y Gweinidog yn ddiweddar wedi dweud ei bod hi yn derbyn bod yna bryderon ac yn awyddus i ymateb i drafodaethau cadarnhaol. Felly, dwi'n gobeithio y bydd yna ymateb i hynny. Ond ddim jest mater o sefyllfa'r addysg drochi ydy o. Dwi'n meddwl bod yna le i gredu, o'r gwaith dwi wedi bod yn ei wneud yn ystod y misoedd diwethaf, fod yna broblem ddeddfwriaethol yma o ran statws addysg drochi yng Nghymru, lle i bob pwrpas, mae'r gyfundrefn addysg yn gweld addysg cyfrwng Saesneg fel y norm. O achos bod addysg drochi wedi cael ei chreu o achos gweithredu gan rieni ac ymgyrchwyr iaith yn hytrach na deddfwriaeth gan unrhyw Lywodraeth, mae yna beryg bod addysg drochi ddim o fewn y prif lif o fewn y gyfundrefn addysg yng Nghymru. Dwi'n credu bod yna angen i'r gyfundrefn addysg gydnabod bod yna fwy nag un gyfundrefn addysg yng Nghymru erbyn hyn. Ond dwi hefyd yn bryderus ynglŷn â'r uchelgais - ac uchelgais ydy o, a dwi'n croesawu'r uchelgais - o ran gwella'r ddarpariaeth Gymraeg o fewn ysgolion Saesneg. Rydyn ni wedi bod yn galw ar y Llywodraeth i'w gwneud yn glir yn union sut maen nhw i newid y sefyllfa sy'n bodoli ar hyn o bryd. Y gwir amdani - a dwi'n siarad fel rhywun a aeth i ysgol cyfrwng Saesneg - ydy bod y trwch helaeth o'r bobl ifanc sy'n gadael ein hysgolion Saesneg ni, heblaw eu bod nhw'n medru dweud 'bore da' a 'prynhawn da' - dyna beth rydyn ni'n sôn amdano fo. Ac mae hynny'n gywilydd o fewn gwlad sydd yn dweud ei bod hi neu'n mynnu ei bod hi'n ddwyieithog. Ddim o achos unrhyw safbwynt ieithyddol, ond mae'n amharu ar gyfleoedd y bobl ifanc yna sydd yn mynychu ysgolion Saesneg. Rydyn ni'n amharu ar eu cyfleoedd gwaith nhw, os ydyn ni'n awyddus i weld cynnydd o ran y gweithlu dwyieithog. Felly, beth rydym ni wedi gofyn amdano fe, yn union yr un modd â bod yna rhyw fath o ganllaw ar gyfer addysg berthynas, fod yna ryw fath o ganllawiau ar gyfer addysg Gymraeg, er mwyn inni weld yn union sut bydd y Llywodraeth yn gweithredu'r uchelgais. Ac mae yna lawer iawn o drafod ynglŷn â chontinwwm ieithyddol a phethau felly, ac os ydw i'n hollol onest efo chi, dwi ddim yn wirioneddol yn deall llawer iawn o sut mae hynny'n mynd i gael ei wireddu, yn arbennig o fewn y sector Saesneg. A heblaw ein bod ni'n onest ynglŷn â hynny ac yn onest ynglŷn â'r her sydd yna o ran recriwtio digon o athrawon i newid y sefyllfa yn wirioneddol, mi fyddwn ni'n cyrraedd 2050 ac mi fydd y freuddwyd ddim wedi ei gwireddu.