English: Can I welcome the statement? We absolutely do share the aim of the Welsh Government to ensure that teaching can be promoted as a rewarding, valued and high-status profession, and it is a career that we want to encourage more people to take up. It's especially important, this statement, given the statements that we've heard from the National Union of Teachers and others this year that have suggested that teaching recruitment is bordering on crisis. That's what they said back in June. We know that we've had a number of years now where we have missed, as a nation, the teacher recruitment targets that have been set by the Welsh Government. Indeed, we were a third below target for the second year in a row in terms of secondary teachers, and I think that that is a concern for all of us. I have to say I was a little surprised that there was no reference to teacher workload in your statement. We do know from the national education workforce survey, which was conducted earlier this year, that 78 per cent of the respondents to that survey said that the workload was the least rewarding aspect of their work. We also know from that survey that there are a third of teachers in Wales who are thinking of leaving the profession within the next three years. They're extremely alarming statistics. Now, I know, to be fair to you, Cabinet Secretary, you announced earlier this year that you were looking to pilot some business manager proposals across Wales in order to reduce unnecessary workload, and that you've put some good practice guides out, as it were, to make it clear to people what they do and don't need to do. I think that that's a positive step forward, but I do think that it has to be recognised that the workload is something that is putting some people off entering this profession altogether, and, clearly, we need to do more, notwithstanding either that the workload is contributing to the need for more supply teachers, because of unplanned absences in the teaching workforce. So, it'd be good if you could give us an update on some of the work that you're doing on that. I note that you mentioned that the incentives for the academic year 2018-19 are going to be announced early. That's something I welcome. I'm very pleased to see that the Welsh Government is now looking at adding computer science to the list of priority subjects. I think that that is absolutely essential also, particularly if we want a workforce that is fit for the future, and you know that's something that we have spoken about both inside and outside this Chamber in the past - the need for young people to be equipped to do coding and things like that, so that we can make sure that businesses have people with the skills that they need. I'm very pleased also to see that there will be new incentives in order to attract Welsh speakers into the workforce. You're absolutely right that if we're going to hit that ambitious target of a million Welsh speakers by 2050, we have to have a workforce that's going to deliver these things in our schools and going to encourage the language to be used in schools and outside of them. I note that England has already published its incentives for the academic year 2018-19. I can't see that you've actually published a document today in respect of the incentives, and I can't see anything on the Welsh Government website. So, it would be useful, Cabinet Secretary, if you could tell us precisely what those incentives are, because I'll reserve judgement as to whether they are sufficiently attractive to bring people into the profession, because clearly the proof of the pudding is going to be how they compare with incentives elsewhere in the UK. So, I would be interested to see those incentives. In addition, will you also tell us whether you're going to revise the targets for recruitment into the profession? We know that we've missed targets in recent years, so clearly we need targets that are going to stretch but that are also realistic and that will ensure that we have a workforce that meets the demands of the Welsh education system. Can you also tell us whether you're going to take the advice of the Education Workforce Council and others about their calls for some sort of big overarching national teacher recruitment campaign? Now, I know that some work is going on between the consortia at the moment. There is some co-operation, there is some activity, but there's no overarching national ambitious teacher recruitment campaign. When I go into the cinema, even, these days, very often you'll see adverts displayed before the movies come on encouraging people to enter the teaching profession, and they're adverts trying to attract people into the English teaching system, not the Welsh one - even in Welsh cinemas, which I find a bit odd. So, I just wonder whether you can tell us whether you're going to do anything on that front. One of the things that I've also mentioned to you in the past and has been a matter of discussion amongst the parties historically has been the potential of overseas-trained teachers and bringing those into the profession here in Wales. You'll know that at the moment they don't have automatic qualified teacher status, even if they're from comparable education systems in terms of the standards of those education systems. That's something that only applies in Wales - no other part of the UK - and is a stumbling block to potentially hundreds of people who might want to work in the profession here in Wales who don't currently have the opportunity to do that without going through extra hurdles in order to get there. Turning to the £2.7 million that you've announced today - a welcome announcement - to support the cluster arrangements, I'm very surprised at how small the number of schools is that are going to be participating in those cluster arrangements. We've got over 1,500 schools here in Wales, and that money is targeted at just 86, in encouraging them to work together. You said that it's going to be spread across 15 local authorities. What about the other seven local authorities? Which local authorities aren't being included? Why is it such a small number of schools? We know that these cluster arrangements have huge potential. I would have hoped that there would have been a bigger programme in terms of trying to get the opportunity that they present, so perhaps you can tell us a little bit about that. And just finally, on supply teachers -
Welsh: A gaf i groesawu'r datganiad? Rydym ni mewn difrif calon yn rhannu nod Llywodraeth Cymru i sicrhau y gellir hyrwyddo addysgu fel proffesiwn boddhaus a gwerthfawr gyda statws iddo, ac mae'n yrfa yr ydym ni am annog mwy o bobl i'w dilyn. Mae'n arbennig o bwysig, y datganiad hwn, o gofio'r datganiadau yr ydym ni wedi'u clywed gan Undeb Cenedlaethol yr Athrawon ac eraill eleni, sydd wedi awgrymu bod recriwtio athrawon yn ymylu ar fod yn argyfwng. Dyna oedd eu geiriau yn ôl ym mis Mehefin. Fe wyddom ni ein bod ni wedi cael nifer o flynyddoedd bellach lle yr ydym ni, fel cenedl, wedi methu'r targedau recriwtio athrawon a osodwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Yn wir, roeddem ni draean islaw'r targed am yr ail flwyddyn yn olynol o ran athrawon uwchradd, a chredaf fod hynny'n peri pryder i bob un ohonom ni. Mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud fy mod yn synnu braidd nad oedd cyfeiriad at faich gwaith athrawon yn eich datganiad. Fe wyddom ni o'r arolwg gweithlu addysg genedlaethol, a gynhaliwyd yn gynharach eleni, fod 78 y cant o'r rheini a ymatebodd i'r arolwg hwnnw'n dweud mai'r baich gwaith oedd yr agwedd leiaf boddhaus o'u gwaith. Rydym ni hefyd yn gwybod o'r arolwg hwnnw bod traean o athrawon yng Nghymru yn ystyried gadael y proffesiwn o fewn y tair blynedd nesaf. Maen nhw'n ystadegau hynod frawychus. Nawr, rwy'n gwybod, i fod yn deg â chi, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, eich bod wedi cyhoeddi yn gynharach eleni eich bod yn bwriadu treialu rhai o gynigion rheolwyr busnes ledled Cymru er mwyn lleihau'r baich gwaith diangen, a'ch bod wedi cyhoeddi rhai canllawiau arfer da, fel petai, i'w gwneud hi'n glir i bobl beth mae angen ac nad oes angen iddyn nhw ei wneud. Credaf fod hynny'n gam cadarnhaol ymlaen, ond rwyf yn credu bod yn rhaid cydnabod bod y llwyth gwaith yn rhywbeth sy'n rhwystro rhai pobl rhag mentro i'r proffesiwn hwn yn llwyr, ac, yn amlwg, mae angen i ni wneud mwy, er gwaetha'r ffaith bod y llwyth gwaith yn cyfrannu at yr angen am fwy o athrawon cyflenwi, oherwydd absenoldebau heb eu cynllunio yn y gweithlu addysgu. Felly, byddai'n dda pe gallech chi roi diweddariad i ni ynglŷn â rhywfaint o'r gwaith yr ydych chi'n ei wneud ynghylch hynny. Sylwaf eich bod wedi sôn y bydd y cymhellion ar gyfer y flwyddyn academaidd 2018-19 yn cael eu cyhoeddi'n gynnar. Dyna rywbeth yr wyf yn ei groesawu. Rwy'n falch iawn o weld bod Llywodraeth Cymru bellach yn ystyried ychwanegu gwyddoniaeth gyfrifiadurol at y rhestr o bynciau blaenoriaeth. Credaf fod hynny'n hollol hanfodol hefyd, yn enwedig os ydym ni eisiau gweithlu sy'n addas ar gyfer y dyfodol, ac fe wyddoch chi fod hynny'n rhywbeth yr ydym ni wedi siarad amdano y tu mewn a'r tu allan i'r Siambr hon yn y gorffennol - yr angen i arfogi pobl ifanc i wneud codio a phethau felly, fel y gallwn ni sicrhau bod gan fusnesau y bobl sydd â'r sgiliau sydd eu hangen arnyn nhw. Rwy'n falch iawn hefyd o weld y bydd cymhellion newydd er mwyn denu siaradwyr Cymraeg i'r gweithlu. Rydych chi yn llygad eich lle, os ydym ni'n mynd i gyrraedd y targed uchelgeisiol hwnnw o filiwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050, mae'n rhaid i ni gael gweithlu sy'n mynd i gyflawni'r pethau hyn yn ein hysgolion ac annog y defnydd o'r iaith o fewn ac y tu allan i furiau'r ysgol. Sylwaf fod Lloegr eisoes wedi cyhoeddi ei chymhellion ar gyfer blwyddyn academaidd 2018-19. Ni allaf weld eich bod chi wedi cyhoeddi dogfen heddiw ynglŷn â'r cymhellion, ac ni allaf weld unrhyw beth ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru. Felly, byddai'n ddefnyddiol, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, pe gallech chi ddweud wrthym ni'n union beth yw'r cymhellion hynny, oherwydd rwyf am ohirio rhoi barn ar ba un a ydyn nhw'n ddigon deniadol i ddenu pobl i'r proffesiwn, oherwydd mae'n amlwg mai'r maen prawf fydd sut maen nhw'n cymharu â chymhellion mewn mannau eraill yn y DU. Felly, byddai gennyf ddiddordeb gweld y cymhellion hynny. At hyn, a wnewch chi hefyd ddweud wrthym ni a fyddwch chi'n adolygu'r targedau ar gyfer recriwtio i'r proffesiwn? Rydym ni'n gwybod inni fethu â chyrraedd targedau yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf, felly mae'n amlwg bod angen targedau arnom ni sy'n mynd i'n herio ond sydd hefyd yn realistig a bydd hynny'n sicrhau bod gennym ni weithlu sy'n bodloni gofynion system addysg Cymru. A allwch chi hefyd ddweud wrthym ni a fyddwch chi'n derbyn cyngor Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg ac eraill ynglŷn â'u galwadau am ryw fath o ymgyrch genedlaethol gynhwysfawr i recriwtio athrawon? Nawr, fe wn i fod peth gwaith yn cael ei wneud rhwng y consortia ar hyn o bryd. Ceir rhywfaint o gydweithio, ceir rhywfaint o weithgarwch, ond nid oes ymgyrch genedlaethol gynhwysfawr i recriwtio athrawon. Pan fydda i'n mynd i'r sinema, hyd yn oed, y dyddiau hyn, yn aml iawn fe welwch chi hysbysebion cyn i'r ffilmiau ddechrau yn annog pobl i fynd i'r proffesiwn addysgu, ac maen nhw'n hysbysebion sy'n ceisio denu pobl i system addysgu Lloegr, nid i un Cymru - hyd yn oed mewn sinemâu yng Nghymru, ac rwy'n gweld hynny braidd yn rhyfedd. Felly, tybed a allwch chi ddweud wrthym ni a fyddwch chi'n gwneud unrhyw beth ynglŷn â'r agwedd honno. Un o'r pethau yr wyf i hefyd wedi sôn wrthych chi amdano yn y gorffennol ac sydd wedi bod yn destun trafodaeth ymhlith y pleidiau yn hanesyddol yw potensial athrawon wedi eu hyfforddi dramor a dod â'r rheini i'r proffesiwn yma yng Nghymru. Fe wyddoch chi nad oes ganddyn nhw statws athro cymwysedig awtomatig ar hyn o bryd, hyd yn oed os ydyn nhw o systemau addysg cymharol o ran safonau'r systemau addysg hynny. Mae hynny'n rhywbeth sy'n berthnasol yn unig yng Nghymru - nid yn unrhyw ran arall o'r DU - ac mae'n rhwystr i gannoedd o bobl a allai fod eisiau gweithio yn y proffesiwn yma yng Nghymru nad ydyn nhw'n cael y cyfle i wneud hynny ar hyn o bryd heb oresgyn rhwystrau ychwanegol er mwyn gallu gwneud hynny. Gan droi at y £2.7 miliwn yr ydych chi wedi ei gyhoeddi heddiw - cyhoeddiad calonogol - i gefnogi'r trefniadau clwstwr, rwy'n synnu y bydd cyn lleied o ysgolion yn cymryd rhan yn y trefniadau clwstwr hynny. Mae gennym ni dros 1,500 o ysgolion yma yng Nghymru, ac mae'r arian hwnnw'n targedu dim ond 86, i'w hannog i gydweithio. Fe wnaethoch chi ddweud y bydd hynny ar waith mewn 15 awdurdod lleol. Beth am y saith awdurdod lleol arall? Pa awdurdodau lleol nad ydynt yn cael eu cynnwys? Pam cyn lleied o ysgolion? Fe wyddom ni fod gan y trefniadau clwstwr hyn botensial enfawr. Byddwn wedi gobeithio y byddai'r rhaglen yn un fwy o ran ceisio manteisio ar y cyfle sy'n dod yn sgîl y trefniadau hynny, felly efallai y gallwch chi ddweud ychydig wrthym ni ynglŷn â hynny. Ac yn olaf, ynglŷn ag athrawon cyflenwi -