English: I accept that the Welsh Government has ambitions for the curriculum, the target to reach 1 million Welsh speakers, and a renewal of the system for additional learning needs. I want to see many of these ambitions achieved. Without adequate funding, though, not only will these ambitions not be realised, but the next generation is going to be let down. According to the education front line, including education teaching unions - UCAC, NEU and NAHT - there is a funding crisis in Welsh schools. I want to focus my comments on three key issues. Firstly, I want to question how the Cabinet Secretary expects any new curriculum to be implemented at the same time as such drastic cuts. I'll move on to highlight the terrible physical state of our schools that this funding squeeze has created. And, finally, I want to illustrate the effect that this funding crisis is having on schools in the Rhondda. Much of the Government's plans for the curriculum change are to be welcomed, but, with so little funding, I'm not too hopeful for its implementation. We know that there will be fewer teaching hours for some subjects, while some subjects could disappear altogether. Music, drama, foreign languages and vocational subjects are at risk. This is largely due to the difficulties in recruiting specialist teachers and schools not being able to justify running courses with small numbers of pupils. In turn, this leads to fewer options for pupils, particularly at A-level and GCSE, and an even further loss then of specialist staff. Even where such courses are on offer, hours of teaching have often had to be reduced as schools can ill afford to pay for specialist teachers. In order to counteract the cuts, some teachers are being asked to teach a wider range of subjects beyond their level of expertise, and I'm sure that the Cabinet Secretary will agree that this is unfair for both teachers and pupils. Perhaps the most striking outcome of this funding crisis is the state of school buildings. The Welsh Government's twenty-first century schools programme was meant to deliver futureproof, state-of-the-art schools, with solar panels and all the very best facilities. That ambition has not been realised. Old, inadequate school buildings are unpleasant and sometimes even dangerous places for pupils and staff. Now, I know I don't need to convince the Cabinet Secretary of the positive impact of school buildings, but I briefly want to highlight - [ Interruption.] Yes.
Welsh: Rwy'n derbyn bod gan Lywodraeth Cymru uchelgeisiau ar gyfer y cwricwlwm, y targed i gyrraedd 1 filiwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg, ac adnewyddu'r system ar gyfer anghenion dysgu ychwanegol. Hoffwn weld llawer o'r dyheadau hyn yn cael eu cyflawni. Heb ariannu digonol, er hynny, nid yn unig ni fydd yr uchelgeisiau hyn yn cael eu gwireddu, ond byddwn yn gwneud cam â'r genhedlaeth nesaf. Yn ôl rheng flaen addysg, gan gynnwys yr undebau addysg - UCAC, NEU a Chymdeithas Genedlaethol y Prifathrawon - mae yna argyfwng ariannu yn ysgolion Cymru. Rwyf am ganolbwyntio fy sylwadau ar dri mater allweddol. Yn gyntaf, rwyf am gwestiynu sut y mae Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn disgwyl i unrhyw gwricwlwm newydd weithredu ochr yn ochr â thoriadau mor llym. Fe symudaf ymlaen i dynnu sylw at gyflwr ffisegol ofnadwy ein hysgolion a grëwyd gan y wasgfa ariannol hon. Ac yn olaf, rwyf am ddangos yr effaith y mae'r argyfwng cyllido hwn yn ei chael ar ysgolion yn y Rhondda. Mae llawer o gynlluniau'r Llywodraeth ar gyfer y newid i'r cwricwlwm i'w croesawu, ond gyda chyn lleied o arian, nid wyf yn rhy obeithiol ynglŷn â'i weithrediad. Rydym yn gwybod y bydd llai o oriau addysgu ar gyfer rhai pynciau, a gallai rhai pynciau ddiflannu'n gyfan gwbl. Mae cerddoriaeth, drama, ieithoedd tramor a phynciau galwedigaethol yn wynebu risg. Mae hyn yn bennaf oherwydd yr anawsterau i recriwtio athrawon arbenigol ac ysgolion yn methu cyfiawnhau cynnal cyrsiau gyda niferoedd bach o ddisgyblion. Yn ei dro, mae hyn yn arwain at lai o opsiynau i ddisgyblion, yn enwedig ar gyfer Safon Uwch a TGAU, a cholli mwy byth o staff arbenigol yn sgil hynny. Hyd yn oed lle mae cyrsiau o'r fath ar gael, yn aml bu'n rhaid lleihau oriau addysgu gan na all ysgolion fforddio talu am athrawon arbenigol. Er mwyn gwrthbwyso'r toriadau, gofynnir i rai athrawon addysgu amrywiaeth ehangach o bynciau y tu hwnt i lefel eu harbenigedd, ac rwy'n siŵr y bydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn cytuno bod hyn yn annheg i athrawon a disgyblion. Efallai mai canlyniad mwyaf trawiadol yr argyfwng ariannu hwn yw cyflwr adeiladau ysgol. Nod rhaglen ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain Llywodraeth Cymru oedd darparu ysgolion modern diogel at y dyfodol, gyda phaneli solar a'r holl gyfleusterau gorau. Ni wireddwyd yr uchelgais hwnnw. Mae hen adeiladau ysgol annigonol yn lleoedd annymunol a pheryglus weithiau hyd yn oed i ddisgyblion a staff. Nawr, gwn nad oes angen imi argyhoeddi Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ynglŷn ag effaith gadarnhaol adeiladau ysgol, ond rwyf am dynnu sylw'n fyr at - [ Torri ar draws.] Iawn.