English: Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for having this debate in the Chamber today? Indeed, I fully support the amendment that has been tabled by the Plaid Cymru group. I always get concerned when I pick up an annual Estyn report and see a refrain of things that have been said in the past, because it suggests that insufficient progress is being made, and I know that that's a concern of the Cabinet Secretary and others in this Chamber. We must remind ourselves that, yes, we've had some improvements, but we must never forget the failures, really, of successive Labour Governments, in recent years, to get to grips with the problems in our education system across Wales. We know that our PISA results, back in 2016, were worse than they were a decade before. We know that last year, we saw our worst GSCE results for a decade. We know that this Estyn report suggests that, when you compare the numbers in there, there were 160 fewer primary schools in Wales than there were back in January 2011 - 160 schools have closed, many of those were decent schools with very good standards. Now, of course, some schools, quite rightly, had to close because they were not meeting the needs of the local communities, but I've got some concerns about that. I'm also concerned that if we look at the schools that are in special measures in Wales, it would appear that the inspectorate, the regional consortia and local education authorities are failing to get those schools turned around quickly enough. We've got two schools, for example, in special measures in Wales at the moment - one of which is in the Cabinet Secretary's constituency - that have been in special measures since 2014. That's a long time for children to be in schools that are not performing satisfactorily. That's unacceptable. So, there's clearly a significant challenge that we have in Wales in getting to grips with these problems. I know, Cabinet Secretary, that you have a review of Estyn, as an inspectorate, which is under way at the moment, and I'd be grateful if you could provide us an update on where that review is at, and when you expect to receive some recommendations from that review, so that we can make sure that Estyn is fit for purpose. I'm grateful to Estyn for the work that it does, I'm grateful for the interventions that it necessarily makes in our schools, but I do think that some of these issues, frankly, ought to have been dealt with by now with the support of Estyn. And, of course, as I say, I'm grateful that there is some progress being made in some areas, but it's not nearly rapid enough. It's not nearly rapid enough for those youngsters who are in our education system at the moment. Now, part of that is, of course, as Llyr Huws Gruffydd quite rightly said, as a result of funding. We know that, for every £1 spent on the education system in England, £1.20 comes to Wales so that we have the opportunity to spend more on our children here. And yet, in spite of that, according to the unions, there's a spending gap of £678 per learner in Wales versus the investment that's made over the border in England. I think that that's partly why we've got such poor results here, frankly, in terms of the outcomes for our children. It's not good enough and we need to understand why education isn't getting the sort of priority from the Welsh Government that it needs to be getting in terms of the Welsh Government's cake being carved up when it comes to budgets. I know that the Cabinet Secretary, just in this last week, has made an additional £14 million available to our schools, and that's a very welcome move, particularly given the £15 million cuts that are going to be made as a result of the change in the education improvement grants. But, again, I think, even with that, we still have this very wide gap per learner with England, and I think we need an explanation from the Government as to why that is the case. Llyr Huws Griffiths has already made reference to a number of the points that I wanted to cover, but one of the startling ones, I think, that we need a great deal more focus on is adult learning and the further education sector. Now this, I think, is the one part of the education system in Wales that is leading the way, if you like, in terms of the quality of its leadership, in terms of the outcomes that it has for our learners, and I wonder, Cabinet Secretary, when you will harness the opportunity that there is to work with the FE sector to bring improvements and to drive improvements in our schools. We know that we have an industrial strategy here in Wales. That needs to be complemented by some of the work that goes on in our FE sector, and particularly when it comes to adult learning, I think we need to make sure that we are tracking people through the system to see how many youngsters are going through FE and getting into employment. This is information that isn't routinely collected by the Welsh Government, and, of course, Estyn have mentioned this in their report. I think it is something that we would like to see you reflecting on in the future. When it comes to initial teacher education and training, perhaps you can give us an update on where things are at with the accreditation of the new courses, as well, in our universities. I know that this is something that the Education Workforce Council has been looking at at the moment, and, very clearly, we need to turn around the reputation of our initial teacher training in Wales. I wonder if you could tell us how confident you are that the new courses that are being accredited are going to help get us out of this problem that we've got with recruitment, because we're not able to attract the people into the profession that we need to in the future.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet am gael y ddadl hon yn y Siambr heddiw? Yn wir, rwy'n cefnogi'n llawn y gwelliant a gyflwynwyd gan grŵp Plaid Cymru. Rwyf bob amser yn pryderu wrth godi adroddiad blynyddol gan Estyn a gweld byrdwn o bethau sydd wedi cael eu dweud yn y gorffennol, oherwydd mae'n awgrymu nad oes digon o gynnydd yn cael ei wneud, ac rwy'n gwybod bod Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ac eraill yn y Siambr hon yn pryderu am hynny. Rhaid inni atgoffa ein hunain, ydym, rydym ni wedi gweld rhai gwelliannau, ond ni ddylem ni byth anghofio methiannau, a dweud y gwir, Llywodraethau Llafur olynol, yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf, i ddatrys y problemau yn ein system addysg ledled Cymru. Rydym ni'n gwybod bod ein canlyniadau PISA, yn 2016, yn waeth nag yr oeddent ddegawd ynghynt. Rydym ni'n gwybod ein bod, y llynedd, wedi gweld ein canlyniadau TGAU gwaethaf ers degawd. Rydym ni'n gwybod bod yr adroddiad Estyn hwn yn awgrymu, wrth ichi gymharu'r niferoedd yno, fod 160 yn llai o ysgolion cynradd yng Nghymru nag a oedd yn ôl ym mis Ionawr 2011 - mae 160 o ysgolion wedi cau, ac roedd llawer o'r rheini'n ysgolion boddhaol â safonau da iawn. Nawr, wrth gwrs, roedd yn gwbl briodol bod rhai ysgolion wedi gorfod cau oherwydd nad oeddent yn diwallu anghenion cymunedau lleol, ond mae gen i rai pryderon am hynny. Rwyf hefyd yn pryderu, os edrychwn ni ar yr ysgolion sy'n destun mesurau arbennig yng Nghymru, ei bod yn ymddangos bod yr arolygiaeth, y consortia rhanbarthol ac awdurdodau addysg lleol yn methu â gwella'r ysgolion hynny'n ddigon cyflym. Mae gennym ddwy ysgol, er enghraifft, sy'n destun mesurau arbennig yng Nghymru ar hyn o bryd - mae un ohonynt yn etholaeth Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet - sydd wedi bod yn destun mesurau arbennig ers 2014. Mae hwnnw'n gyfnod hir i blant fod mewn ysgolion nad ydynt yn perfformio'n foddhaol. Mae hynny'n annerbyniol. Felly, yn amlwg mae her sylweddol yn ein hwynebu yng Nghymru i ddatrys y problemau hyn. Rwy'n gwybod, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, fod gennych adolygiad o Estyn, fel arolygiaeth, sy'n mynd rhagddo ar hyn o bryd, a byddwn yn ddiolchgar pe gallech chi roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf inni am yr adolygiad hwnnw, a phryd yr ydych chi'n disgwyl cael argymhellion o'r adolygiad hwnnw, fel y gallwn ni wneud yn siŵr bod Estyn yn addas at ei ddiben. Rwy'n ddiolchgar i Estyn am y gwaith y mae'n ei wneud, rwy'n ddiolchgar am yr ymyriadau angenrheidiol y mae'n eu gwneud yn ein hysgolion, ond rwy'n meddwl y dylai fod rhai o'r materion hyn, a dweud y gwir, wedi eu datrys erbyn hyn gyda chymorth Estyn. Ac, wrth gwrs, fel y dywedaf, rwy'n ddiolchgar bod rhywfaint o gynnydd yn cael ei wneud mewn rhai meysydd, ond nid yw'n ddigon cyflym o bell ffordd. Nid yw'n ddigon cyflym o bell ffordd i'r bobl ifanc hynny sydd yn ein system addysg ar hyn o bryd. Nawr, mae rhan o hynny, wrth gwrs, fel y dywedodd Llyr Huws Gruffydd yn gwbl gywir, o ganlyniad i gyllid. Rydym yn gwybod, am bob £1 sy'n cael ei gwario ar y system addysg yn Lloegr, fod £1.20 yn dod i Gymru fel bod gennym y cyfle i wario mwy ar ein plant yma. Ac eto, er gwaethaf hynny, yn ôl yr undebau, mae bwlch gwariant o £678 fesul dysgwr yng Nghymru o gymharu â'r buddsoddiad a wneir dros y ffin yn Lloegr. Rwy'n meddwl mai dyna, yn rhannol, pam mae gennym ganlyniadau mor wael yma, a dweud y gwir, o ran y deilliannau i'n plant. Nid yw'n ddigon da ac mae angen inni ddeall pam nad yw addysg yn cael y math o flaenoriaeth gan Lywodraeth Cymru sydd ei hangen o ran rhannu cacen Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer cyllidebau. Rwy'n gwybod bod Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, yn yr wythnos ddiwethaf, wedi darparu £14 miliwn ychwanegol i'n hysgolion, ac mae'r cam hwnnw i'w groesawu'n fawr, yn enwedig o ystyried y toriadau gwerth £15 miliwn a gaiff eu gwneud o ganlyniad i'r newid i'r grantiau gwella addysg. Ond, unwaith eto, rwy'n meddwl, hyd yn oed gyda hynny, fod gennym y bwlch llydan iawn hwn fesul dysgwr o gymharu â Lloegr o hyd, ac rwy'n meddwl bod angen i'r Llywodraeth egluro pam. Mae Llyr Huws Gruffydd eisoes wedi cyfeirio at nifer o'r pwyntiau yr oeddwn i eisiau rhoi sylw iddynt, ond un o'r rhai syfrdanol, rwy'n meddwl, y mae angen inni ganolbwyntio llawer mwy arno yw dysgu oedolion a'r sector addysg bellach. Nawr dyma, rwy'n meddwl, yr un rhan o'r system addysg yng Nghymru sy'n arwain y ffordd, os mynnwch chi, o ran ansawdd arweinyddiaeth, o ran ei deilliannau i'n dysgwyr, ac ys gwn i, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, pryd y gwnewch chi harneisio'r cyfle sydd yna i weithio gyda'r sector addysg bellach i sicrhau gwelliannau ac i sbarduno gwelliannau yn ein hysgolion? Rydym ni'n gwybod bod gennym strategaeth ddiwydiannol yma yng Nghymru. Mae angen ategu honno â rhywfaint o'r gwaith sy'n digwydd yn ein sector addysg bellach, ac yn enwedig o ran dysgu oedolion, rwy'n meddwl bod angen inni wneud yn siŵr ein bod yn tracio pobl drwy'r system i weld faint o bobl ifanc sy'n mynd drwy addysg bellach ac yn mynd i gyflogaeth. Dydy'r wybodaeth hon ddim yn cael ei chasglu fel mater o drefn gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ac, wrth gwrs, mae Estyn wedi sôn am hyn yn eu hadroddiad. Rwy'n meddwl ei fod yn rhywbeth y byddem ni'n hoffi eich gweld yn ei ystyried yn y dyfodol. Pan ddaw i addysg a hyfforddiant cychwynnol i athrawon, efallai y gwnewch chi roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf inni am achredu'r cyrsiau newydd, hefyd, yn ein prifysgolion. Rwy'n gwybod bod hyn yn rhywbeth y mae Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg wedi bod yn ei ystyried ar hyn o bryd, ac, yn amlwg iawn, mae angen inni adfer enw da ein hyfforddiant cychwynnol i athrawon yng Nghymru. Tybed a wnewch chi ddweud wrthym ni pa mor hyderus yr ydych bod y cyrsiau newydd sy'n cael eu hachredu'n mynd i helpu ni i ddatrys ein problem recriwtio, oherwydd dydyn ni ddim yn gallu denu'r bobl i'r proffesiwn y bydd eu hangen arnom yn y dyfodol.