English: Can I thank the Chair of the committee for opening the debate and summarising so well all of the themes within this report on such an important topic? The Chair's absolutely right: the success of our education system is down to the quality of the teachers that are in it, and I know that this is something that we all, across this Chamber, feel passionately about. I have to say that I was a little bit disappointed to read that so many of our recommendations had been only accepted in principle, and not just fully accepted. I think there's some ambiguity around many of the responses that have been given, which seem to sidestep, even though it says 'accept in principle', in many ways the recommendations that we have made. But this is an important issue. We have to get to grips with making sure that we've got high-quality teachers, and we must also ensure, of course, that we bring new teachers into the profession who are ready to deliver on the ambitious programme that the Welsh Government has to transform our education system here in Wales. Just this morning, we've seen reports in the media about the ongoing funding crisis in our schools. We know that for every £1 that's spent on a school in England, Wales gets £1.20. For me, it seems unbelievable that we have this significant spending gap now per learner - around £700, according to the unions, per child, per year. That's a huge spending gap, and, of course, I think that that in part is leading to demoralisation of the teaching workforce. So, it came as no surprise to me, when we look at the latest figures, that we see that Wales is massively under-recruiting into teacher training places, and that, I believe, is one of the reasons behind that. We also know that it's not just about recruiting new people in with the right skills, but of course we've got to train those people up who are already in the workforce, giving them ongoing professional development opportunities, and to retain those very good teachers who are thinking about leaving. We were alarmed during the course of the inquiry to see the national education workforce survey results, which suggested that a third of teachers are thinking about exiting the profession within the next three years. So, if you've got a shortage of new teachers coming into the profession, along with a third of teachers thinking about leaving the profession, you can see how a crisis is beginning to emerge -
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i Gadeirydd y pwyllgor am agor y ddadl ac am roi crynodeb da o bob un o'r themâu sy'n cael eu cynnwys yn yr adroddiad hwn ar bwnc mor bwysig? Mae'r Cadeirydd yn llygad ei le: mae llwyddiant ein system addysg yn dibynnu ar ansawdd yr athrawon sydd ynddi, a gwn fod hyn yn rhywbeth y mae pawb ohonom, ar draws y Siambr hon, yn teimlo'n angerddol yn ei gylch. Mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud fy mod ychydig yn siomedig pan ddarllenais fod cynifer o'n hargymhellion ond wedi'u derbyn mewn egwyddor, yn hytrach na'u derbyn yn llawn. Credaf fod rhywfaint o amwysedd ynghylch llawer o'r ymatebion a roddwyd, sydd i'w gweld yn osgoi'r argymhellion a wnaed gennym mewn llawer o ffyrdd, er ei fod yn dweud 'derbyn mewn egwyddor'. Ond mae hwn yn fater pwysig. Mae'n rhaid i ni fynd i'r afael â'r broses o sicrhau bod gennym athrawon o ansawdd da, ac mae'n rhaid i ni sicrhau hefyd, wrth gwrs, ein bod yn dod ag athrawon newydd i mewn i'r proffesiwn sy'n barod i gyflawni'r rhaglen uchelgeisiol sydd gan Lywodraeth Cymru i drawsnewid ein system addysg yma yng Nghymru. Y bore yma, gwelsom adroddiadau yn y cyfryngau ynglŷn â'r argyfwng ariannu parhaus yn ein hysgolion. Rydym yn gwybod bod Cymru'n cael £1.20 am bob £1 a werir ar ysgolion yn Lloegr. I mi, mae'n ymddangos yn anghredadwy fod gennym y bwlch sylweddol hwn yn y gwariant - tua £700 y dysgwr bob blwyddyn, yn ôl yr undebau. Mae'n fwlch enfawr yn y gwariant, ac wrth gwrs, rwy'n credu mai dyna'n rhannol sy'n arwain at ddigalondid y gweithlu addysgu. Felly, nid yw'n syndod i mi, pan edrychwn ar y ffigurau diweddaraf, nad yw Cymru'n recriwtio agos digon o bobl i leoedd hyfforddi athrawon, ac rwy'n credu mai'r bwlch yn y gwariant yw un o'r rhesymau dros hynny. Rydym hefyd yn gwybod nad yw'n ymwneud yn unig â recriwtio pobl newydd sy'n meddu ar y sgiliau cywir, ond wrth gwrs mae'n rhaid i ni hyfforddi'r bobl sydd eisoes yn y gweithlu, a rhoi cyfleoedd datblygiad proffesiynol parhaus iddynt, a chadw'r athrawon da iawn sy'n ystyried gadael. Cawsom ein brawychu yn ystod yr ymchwiliad wrth weld canlyniadau'r arolwg gweithlu addysg cenedlaethol, sy'n awgrymu bod traean yr athrawon yn ystyried gadael y proffesiwn yn y tair blynedd nesaf. Felly, os oes gennych brinder athrawon newydd yn dod i mewn i'r proffesiwn, ynghyd â thraean yr athrawon yn ystyried gadael y proffesiwn, gallwch weld sut y mae argyfwng yn dechrau dod i'r amlwg -