English: Thank you, Llywydd. In my statement on 'Renew and reform', I confirmed that we would be putting learners first, supporting their well-being and confidence and providing opportunities for them to develop key skills and knowledge to enable them to make progress. These are principles that have informed our approach to the qualifications this summer. I want to wholeheartedly thank teachers and lecturers who have supported their learners through a new approach, working under time pressure to enable them to make progress. I understand that this has been very challenging. I also want to thank the design and delivery advisory group, chaired by Geraint Rees, bringing together headteachers and college principals from across Wales. They have come together weekly to co-construct an approach, responding with agility to new challenges. They have relentlessly focused on the needs of learners, their well-being and their progression. Today, I published a letter from the chair of the design group, which highlights the collective role of the education sector as a whole in delivering a system where learners feel that they fully deserve the qualifications they receive. The approach for 2021 puts trust in the holistic judgment of centres. Learners will receive a grade based on evidence of their learning that will only have been assessed on the content covered by their school or college. Centres have been asked to consider equalities issues as part of their approach. They can draw on a range of assessment evidence, reflecting the variation of experience at learner and local levels, and a clear route has also been developed for private candidates to achieve their qualifications.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Yn fy natganiad ar 'Adnewyddu a diwygio', cadarnheais y byddem ni'n rhoi dysgwyr yn gyntaf, gan gefnogi eu lles a'u hyder a rhoi cyfleoedd iddyn nhw i ddatblygu'r wybodaeth a'r sgiliau allweddol i'w galluogi i wneud cynnydd. Mae'r rhain yn egwyddorion sydd wedi llywio ein trefniadau ar gyfer cymwysterau yr haf hwn. Hoffwn ddiolch yn ddiffuant i'r athrawon a'r darlithwyr sydd wedi cefnogi eu dysgwyr trwy ddull newydd, dan amserlen dynn, i'w galluogi i symud ymlaen. Rwy'n deall i hyn fod yn heriol iawn. Hoffwn ddiolch hefyd i'r grŵp cynghori dylunio a chyflawni, dan gadeiryddiaeth Geraint Rees, a ddaeth â phenaethiaid ysgol a cholegau ledled Cymru at ei gilydd. Maent wedi dod at ei gilydd yn wythnosol i gydlunio dull gweithredu, gan ymateb yn ystwyth i heriau newydd. Maent wedi canolbwyntio'n ddi-baid ar anghenion dysgwyr, eu lles a'u cynnydd. Heddiw, fe gyhoeddais lythyr gan gadeirydd y grŵp dylunio, sy'n tynnu sylw at rôl y sector addysg gyfan, yn darparu system lle gall dysgwyr deimlo eu bod yn llwyr haeddu'r cymwysterau y maent yn eu cael. Mae'r dull gweithredu ar gyfer 2021 yn rhoi ymddiriedaeth ym marn gyfannol canolfannau. Bydd dysgwyr yn derbyn gradd sy'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth o'u dysgu a fydd ond wedi'i asesu ar y cynnwys a gwmpaswyd gan eu hysgol neu goleg. Gofynnwyd i ganolfannau ystyried materion cydraddoldeb fel rhan o'u trefniadau. Gallant ddefnyddio ystod o dystiolaeth asesu, gan adlewyrchu'r amrywiaeth o brofiad ar lefel dysgwyr a lefel leol, ac mae dull wedi'i ddatblygu hefyd i sicrhau bod gan ymgeiswyr preifat lwybr clir i gyflawni eu cymwysterau.