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English: Thank you, Minister. And I'm sure you'll want to join me in congratulating Merthyr College on being nominated for the TES further education college of the year award 2020. The nomination recognises outstanding achievements, continually improving learner outcomes, and their overall contribution to training for learners. And, as our First Minister said on his visit to the college last autumn, it is one of the great success stories of devolution. However, in spite of such success, the future of their funding arrangements remains a concern, especially around our departure from the European Union. Now I believe such funding has had a massive impact on the quality of the learning experience, as the college has been able to provide improved learner retention, completion rates, and contributed to a year-on-year increase in overall success rates. So, are you yet able to give any assurance that EU moneys currently being used to support learners at risk of dropping out of college - for example, on the Inspire to Achieve scheme - will be factored into the regional investment in Wales, and is such valuable learning secure as we leave the EU?
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog. Ac rwy'n siŵr y byddwch yn awyddus i ymuno â mi i longyfarch Coleg Merthyr Tudful ar gael eu henwebu ar gyfer gwobr coleg addysg bellach y flwyddyn y Times Educational Supplement 2020. Mae'r enwebiad yn cydnabod cyflawniadau rhagorol, canlyniadau dysgwyr sy'n gwella'n barhaus, a'u cyfraniad cyffredinol at hyfforddiant i ddysgwyr. Ac fel y dywedodd ein Prif Weinidog wrth ymweld â'r coleg yn yr hydref y llynedd, mae'n un o'r enghreifftiau gwych o lwyddiant datganoli. Fodd bynnag, er gwaethaf llwyddiant o'r fath, mae dyfodol eu trefniadau cyllido yn parhau i beri pryder, yn enwedig mewn perthynas â'n hymadawiad â'r Undeb Ewropeaidd. Nawr, credaf fod cyllid o'r fath wedi cael effaith enfawr ar ansawdd y profiad dysgu, gan fod y coleg wedi gallu sicrhau gwell cyfraddau cadw dysgwyr, cyfraddau cwblhau, ac wedi cyfrannu at gynnydd o flwyddyn i flwyddyn o ran cyfraddau llwyddiant cyffredinol. Felly, a allwch roi unrhyw sicrwydd eto y bydd arian yr UE sy'n cael ei ddefnyddio ar hyn o bryd i gynorthwyo dysgwyr sydd mewn perygl o adael coleg - er enghraifft, y cynllun Ysbrydoli i Gyflawni - yn cael ei ystyried fel rhan o'r buddsoddiad rhanbarthol yng Nghymru, ac a yw dysgu mor werthfawr yn ddiogel wrth i ni adael yr UE?
English: Well, Presiding Officer, I'm immensely proud of the success and the achievements of the FE sector in Wales. The fact that nominations have been made for six colleges, in total, from Wales in the TES 2020 awards is a testament to the good work that is going on across the sector. And I'd like to wish Merthyr College, and indeed other colleges that are nominated, all the very best when those awards take place on 20 March. The Member is right to draw attention to the issue of the successful use of EU funds by the FE sector. I wish I could give the Member some reassurance as to the continuation of those funding streams. Of course, that will be dependent on our calls as a Government for replacement funding from the UK Government to be met. In the meantime, we're continuing to work closely and productively with our stakeholders across Wales to put in place successor arrangements for Wales. And an important part of that is our regional investment for Wales's steering group, chaired by Huw Irranca-Davies, of which FE colleges are a part. And that forms an important part of that work, as we look to the future, now, to protect those particular funding streams and those successful programmes.
Welsh: Wel, Lywydd, rwy'n hynod falch o lwyddiant a chyflawniadau'r sector addysg bellach yng Nghymru. Mae'r ffaith bod chwe choleg i gyd o Gymru wedi'u henwebu yng ngwobrau'r Times Educational Supplement 2020 yn dyst i'r gwaith da sy'n mynd rhagddo ar draws y sector. A hoffwn ddymuno'n dda i Goleg Merthyr Tudful, ac yn wir, i'r colegau eraill sydd wedi'u henwebu, pan gynhelir y gwobrau hynny ar 20 Mawrth. Mae'r Aelod yn iawn i dynnu sylw at ddefnydd llwyddiannus o gyllid yr UE gan y sector addysg bellach. Hoffwn pe gallwn roi rhywfaint o sicrwydd i'r Aelod ynghylch parhad y ffrydiau cyllido hynny. Wrth gwrs, bydd hynny'n ddibynnol ar Lywodraeth y DU yn ateb ein galwadau fel Llywodraeth am gyllid newydd. Yn y cyfamser, rydym yn parhau i weithio'n agos ac yn gynhyrchiol gyda'n rhanddeiliaid ledled Cymru, i roi trefniadau olyniaeth ar waith ar gyfer Cymru. A rhan bwysig o hynny yw grŵp llywio buddsoddi rhanbarthol Cymru, dan gadeiryddiaeth Huw Irranca-Davies, y mae colegau addysg bellach yn rhan ohono. Ac mae hynny'n rhan bwysig o'r gwaith hwnnw, wrth inni edrych tua'r dyfodol yn awr, i amddiffyn y ffrydiau cyllido penodol hynny, a'r rhaglenni llwyddiannus hynny.
English: Again, with Dawn Bowden, I want to say the same thing - Merthyr Tydfil College is one of the top-performing further education colleges in Wales. And will you join me, Minister, in welcoming the news that Merthyr college is shortlisted for the TES further education college of the year award for 2020, which seeks to recognise and reward the achievement of the very best further education providers in the United Kingdom? Equally, the teachers and students must be congratulated, who have worked very hard to make sure that this sort of teaching and training rolls out in our other schools in the region. Thank you.
Welsh: Unwaith eto, gyda Dawn Bowden, hoffwn ddweud yr un peth - mae Coleg Merthyr Tudful yn un o'r colegau addysg bellach sy'n perfformio orau yng Nghymru. Ac a wnewch chi ymuno â mi, Weinidog, i groesawu'r newyddion fod Coleg Merthyr Tudful ar restr fer gwobr coleg addysg bellach y flwyddyn y Times Educational Supplement 2020, sy'n ceisio cydnabod a gwobrwyo cyflawniad y colegau addysg bellach gorau yn y Deyrnas Unedig? Yn yr un modd, mae'n rhaid llongyfarch yr athrawon a'r myfyrwyr sydd wedi gweithio'n galed iawn i sicrhau bod y math hwn o addysgu a hyfforddi yn cael ei ddarparu yn ein hysgolion eraill yn y rhanbarth. Diolch.
English: Presiding Officer, if the Member had missed it the first time around, I am incredibly pleased that Merthyr college finds itself subject to such nominations. And, as I said in my previous answer, I wish them - as well as Gower College, Bridgend College, Cardiff and Vale College, and Dolgellau construction and engineering team from the Llandrillo Menai Group - all the very best in those awards.
Welsh: Lywydd, rhag ofn i'r Aelod fethu hyn y tro cyntaf, rwy'n hynod falch fod Coleg Merthyr Tudful yn destun enwebiadau o'r fath. Ac fel y dywedais yn fy ateb blaenorol, rwy'n dymuno'n dda iddynt - yn ogystal â Choleg Gŵyr, Coleg Penybont, Coleg Caerdydd a Fro, a thîm adeiladu a pheirianneg Dolgellau o Grŵp Menai Llandrillo - yn y gwobrau hynny.
English: Does the Minister believe that the advantages of consolidation of post-16 education at Merthyr Tydfil College outweigh any reduction in choice or increase in travel times for those students who, in the past, have attended school sixth forms?
Welsh: A yw'r Gweinidog yn credu bod manteision cydgrynhoi addysg ôl-16 yng Ngholeg Merthyr Tudful yn bwysicach nag unrhyw leihad yn y dewis neu gynnydd yn yr amseroedd teithio ar gyfer y myfyrwyr hynny sydd, yn y gorffennol, wedi mynychu'r chweched dosbarth mewn ysgolion?
English: The organisation of post-16 education is a matter for local areas. I believe in a mixed economy. I believe that both our sixth forms and our FE colleges provide really important opportunities for our young people. Of course, greater co-ordination across the post-16 sector and the ability for that sector to meet all the education and training needs of our local population form the bedrock of our post-compulsory education and training proposals and my determination to establish a commission for tertiary education and research.
Welsh: Mae trefniadaeth addysg ôl-16 yn fater i ardaloedd lleol. Rwy'n credu mewn economi gymysg. Credaf fod ein chweched dosbarth a'n colegau addysg bellach yn darparu cyfleoedd pwysig iawn i'n pobl ifanc. Wrth gwrs, mae gwell cydgysylltedd ar draws y sector ôl-16 a'r gallu i'r sector hwnnw ddiwallu holl anghenion addysg a hyfforddiant ein poblogaeth leol yn sylfaen i'n cynigion addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-orfodol a fy mhenderfyniad i sefydlu comisiwn ar gyfer ymchwil ac addysg drydyddol.
English: Thank you, Llywydd. We are aware that recruitment and retention of teachers is a challenge in Wales, and in other nations too, and there are a number of reasons behind this, and we need to tackle the problem in a number of different ways. Welsh Government statistics show that 40 per cent less than the target set for trainees in the secondary sector are in place, for example, and recent reports by the Education Workforce Council demonstrate that there are more assistants than teachers in our schools now. Now, I know that you're highly aware of this problem, which has been discussed over a period of years in this Chamber, so, how confident are you that we will see this situation improving over the next few years?
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. Rydym ni'n ymwybodol bod recriwtio a chadw athrawon yn her yng Nghymru, ac mewn gwledydd eraill hefyd, yn wir, a bod yna nifer o resymau am hyn, a bod angen taclo'r broblem mewn sawl ffordd. Mae ystadegau Llywodraeth Cymru'n dangos bod 40 y cant yn llai na'r targed sydd wedi ei osod ar gyfer hyfforddeion ar gyfer y sector uwchradd, er enghraifft, ac mae adroddiadau diweddaraf y Cyngor Gweithlu Addysg yn dangos bod yna fwy o gymorthyddion nag o athrawon yn ein hysgolion ni erbyn hyn. Rŵan, dwi'n gwybod eich bod chi'n ymwybodol iawn o'r broblem yma, sydd wedi cael ei gwyntyllu dros y blynyddoedd, yn wir, yn y Siambr yma. Pa mor ffyddiog ydych chi y gwelwn ni'r sefyllfa yma yn gwella dros y blynyddoedd nesaf?
English: Well, Siân, you're absolutely right. This is an issue that is common to education systems, actually, across the globe and was the subject of much debate when we hosted the Atlantic Rim Collaboratory conference here in Cardiff back in the autumn. There is no one single thing that we can do to address these issues, but to outline some of the actions this Government is currently taking, we have agreed a new approach to promoting teaching as a career with the Education Workforce Council and hopefully - not long now - Members will be able to see adverts on a variety of platforms highlighting the important and the rewarding career that teaching is. We are looking at new ways in which we can support qualification for teachers. So, the Member will be aware of the recent accreditation of the Open University scheme to train teachers. We're looking particularly there to attract career changers - those people for whom perhaps a traditional way of qualification is not appropriate, but have a desire and a passion to teach. The Member will also be aware of our recent scheme, for instance, to allow Welsh-medium teachers in the primary sector, who perhaps have not been able to find work in that particular sector, to convert to be able to use their skills and their passion in the secondary sector. So, there are a variety of actions this Government is taking to address the issue of teacher recruitment. But, of course, once they are recruited into the profession, we also have to work harder to maintain them in the profession and we're taking steps in that regard also.
Welsh: Wel, Siân, rydych yn llygad eich lle. Mae hwn yn fater sy'n gyffredin i systemau addysg ledled y byd mewn gwirionedd, a bu'n destun cryn ddadlau pan gynaliasom gynhadledd yr Atlantic Rim Collaboratory yma yng Nghaerdydd yn ôl yn yr hydref. Nid oes unrhyw beth unigol y gallwn ei wneud i fynd i'r afael â'r materion hyn, ond i amlinellu rhai o'r camau y mae'r Llywodraeth hon yn eu cymryd ar hyn o bryd, rydym wedi cytuno ar ddull newydd o hyrwyddo addysgu fel gyrfa gyda Chyngor y Gweithlu Addysg a gobeithio - cyn bo hir - y bydd yr Aelodau'n gallu gweld hysbysebion ar amrywiaeth o blatfformau a fydd yn tynnu sylw at addysgu fel gyrfa bwysig a gwerth chweil. Rydym yn edrych ar ffyrdd newydd y gallwn gefnogi cymwysterau i athrawon. Felly, bydd yr Aelod yn ymwybodol o achrediad diweddar cynllun y Brifysgol Agored i hyfforddi athrawon. Rydym yn edrych yn benodol yno ar ddenu pobl sy'n newid gyrfa - y bobl nad yw cymhwyso mewn ffordd draddodiadol yn briodol iddynt, efallai, ond sydd ag awydd a dyhead i addysgu. Bydd yr Aelod hefyd yn ymwybodol o'n cynllun diweddar, er enghraifft, i ganiatáu i athrawon cyfrwng Cymraeg yn y sector cynradd nad ydynt efallai wedi gallu dod o hyd i waith yn y sector penodol hwnnw, i newid er mwyn gallu defnyddio eu sgiliau a'u hangerdd yn y sector uwchradd. Felly, mae nifer o gamau y mae'r Llywodraeth hon yn eu cymryd i fynd i'r afael â recriwtio athrawon. Ond wrth gwrs, ar ôl iddynt gael eu recriwtio i'r proffesiwn, mae'n rhaid inni hefyd weithio'n galetach i'w cadw yn y proffesiwn ac rydym yn rhoi camau ar waith yn hynny o beth hefyd.
English: Thank you very much, and I do look forward to seeing the upshot of that work, because the teachers are our most important, valuable asset in our schools, of course. Given the million Welsh speakers strategy and the importance of Welsh-medium education to the success of that particular aim, the recruitment of teachers who can teach through the medium of Welsh is a specific concern, isn't it? Statistics from the statistical bulletin show that only 17.5 per cent of students in their first year of initial teacher training in 2017-18 were training to teach through the medium of Welsh, with the numbers relatively equal between the primary and secondary sectors, as it happens. So, I do warmly welcome what I read in the press last week, namely that it is your intention, and the Welsh Government's intention, to ensure that partners do work towards ensuring that 30 per cent of those recruited to all initial teacher training programmes should be teachers who would be able to teach through the medium of Welsh. So, this afternoon, I would just like a little more information on this policy. Will you expand upon your rationale for setting that target, and why do you think that setting this target is an effective way of increasing Welsh language skills within the education workforce?
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, a dwi'n edrych ymlaen at weld ffrwyth y gwaith yna, achos yr athrawon ydy'r adnodd mwyaf gwerthfawr sydd gennym ni yn ein hysgolion, wrth gwrs. O gofio'r strategaeth miliwn o siaradwyr, a phwysigrwydd addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg i lwyddiant y nod hwnnw, mae recriwtio athrawon sy'n dysgu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn bryder penodol, onid ydy? Mae ystadegau'r bwletin ystadegol yn dangos mai dim ond 17.5 y cant o'r myfyrwyr ym mlwyddyn gyntaf addysg gychwynnol athrawon yn 2017-18 oedd yn hyfforddi i addysgu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, efo'r niferoedd yn weddol gyfartal rhwng y sectorau cynradd ac uwchradd, yn digwydd bod. Felly, dwi'n croesawu'n fawr yr hyn roeddwn yn ei ddarllen yn y wasg yr wythnos diwethaf, sef ei bod hi'n fwriad gennych chi a gan Lywodraeth Cymru i sicrhau bod partneriaid yn gweithio tuag at sicrhau y dylai 30 y cant o'r rhai sy'n cael eu recriwtio i bob rhaglen hyfforddiant cychwynnol athrawon fod yn athrawon fydd yn gallu addysgu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Felly, prynhawn yma, hoffwn i jest gael ychydig bach mwy o wybodaeth am y polisi yma. Wnewch chi ymhelaethu ar eich rhesymau chi dros osod y targed, a pham ydych chi'n ystyried bod gosod y targed yma'n ffordd effeithiol o gynyddu sgiliau Cymraeg o fewn y gweithlu addysg?
English: Well, Siân, you're absolutely right: recruiting more Welsh-medium teachers is a vital component of our aim to reach 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050. The requirement for teacher training providers to work towards training 30 per cent of teachers to teach through the medium of Welsh is an important instruction to them, and the Education Workforce Council, of our intention to be able to ensure that we have the right staff to respond to that target, but also to respond to the parents of Wales, who increasingly are looking to choose a Welsh-medium education for their children, and to respond positively to that. It's not the only initiative, as I referred to, but I'm grateful for the Member's support for that, and indeed the various supportive comments from Cymdeithas yr Iaith, for instance, as an important indication of this Government's intention in this regard.
Welsh: Wel, Siân, rydych yn llygad eich lle: mae recriwtio mwy o athrawon cyfrwng Cymraeg yn rhan hanfodol o'n nod i gyrraedd 1 filiwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050. Mae'r gofyniad i ddarparwyr hyfforddiant athrawon weithio tuag at hyfforddi 30 y cant o athrawon i addysgu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn gyfarwyddyd pwysig iddynt, a Chyngor y Gweithlu Addysg, o ran ein bwriad i allu sicrhau bod gennym y staff iawn i ymateb i'r targed hwnnw, ond hefyd i ymateb i rieni Cymru, sy'n fwyfwy awyddus i ddewis addysg Gymraeg i'w plant, ac i ymateb yn gadarnhaol i hynny. Nid hon yw'r unig fenter, fel y nodais, ond rwy'n ddiolchgar am gefnogaeth yr Aelod iddi, ac yn wir, yr amrywiol sylwadau cefnogol gan Gymdeithas yr Iaith, er enghraifft, fel arwydd pwysig o fwriad y Llywodraeth hon yn hyn o beth.
English: Certainly, we are pleased to see these targets being put in place. It's something that we've been calling for for some time, and we do see it as a positive step forward. I would like an assurance from you that you will be monitoring delivery against that target. Perhaps you can confirm today that you will have a system to monitor progress so that the target is truly meaningful. You have now set this target for one specific area, namely prospective teachers, and it's clear that the Welsh Language Commissioner and others believe that what you have done with prospective teachers is a good precedent for other areas. So, can you tell us this afternoon about expanding this practice of setting targets in order to enhance bilingual skills? Are you in favour, for example, of rolling out this practice of setting targets for the future workforce in areas such as health and care, and other areas within your portfolio in terms of HE and FE?
Welsh: Yn sicr, mi ydyn ni'n falch o weld y targedau yma'n cael eu gosod. Mae'n rhywbeth rydym ni wedi bod yn galw amdano fo ers tro, wrth gwrs, ac rydym ni'n ei weld o fel cam positif dros ben. Hoffwn i sicrwydd gennych chi y bydd monitro cyflawniad yn erbyn y targed yn digwydd. Efallai y medrwch chi gadarnhau heddiw yma y bydd gennych chi system i fonitro cynnydd fel bod y targed yn un gwirioneddol ystyrlon. Rydych chi wedi gosod y targed yma rŵan ar gyfer un maes penodol, sef darpar athrawon, ac mae'n glir fod Comisiynydd y Gymraeg, ac eraill, yn wir, yn credu fod hwn - beth rydych chi wedi'i wneud efo darpar athrawon - yn gynsail da ar gyfer meysydd eraill. Ydych chi'n gallu sôn y prynhawn yma ynglŷn â lledaenu'r arfer o osod targedau er mwyn cynyddu sgiliau dwyieithog? Ydych chi o blaid, er enghraifft, lledaenu'r arfer yma o osod targedau ar gyfer gweithlu'r dyfodol mewn meysydd fel iechyd a gofal, ac eraill o fewn eich portffolio chi o ran addysg bellach ac uwch?
English: Well, Presiding Officer, I'm not in charge of health and care, but I think what's important for me is that if we are to respond, as I said, proactively to the demand that there is out there for Welsh-medium education, if we're to meet that target, then the first important element is our teaching workforce. The Member joined me and other Members recently at the event organised by our coleg cenedlaethol. We are working collectively with them and our FE partners to increase the availability of Welsh-medium FE tuition, building on the very real success the coleg has had in terms of expanding Welsh-medium tuition in the HE sector. It is absolutely an important principle to me that we give children and young people in Wales a Welsh language continuum, from our childcare offer through to access to our nursery schools via the mudiad, into Welsh-medium schooling, and then for them to be able to continue to develop and use their language skills in both an FE and an HE setting wherever possible. We will continue to look to ensure, in other aspects of education workforce, that we address the linguistic needs of staff, whether that be, for instance, our teaching assistants, our nursery assistants in the mudiad, or other professionals who work with our children and young people. It's really important from an equity point of view that we continue to work as hard as we can to address those linguistic skills of professionals who work alongside our children and young people.
Welsh: Wel, Lywydd, nid fi sy'n gyfrifol am iechyd a gofal, ond credaf mai'r hyn sy'n bwysig i mi yw, os ydym am ymateb, fel y dywedais, yn rhagweithiol i'r galw am addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg, os ydym am gyrraedd y targed hwnnw, yr elfen bwysig gyntaf yw ein gweithlu addysgu. Ymunodd yr Aelod â mi ac Aelodau eraill yn ddiweddar yn y digwyddiad a drefnwyd gan ein coleg cenedlaethol. Rydym yn gweithio ar y cyd â hwy a'n partneriaid addysg bellach i gynyddu argaeledd hyfforddiant addysg bellach cyfrwng Cymraeg, gan adeiladu ar y llwyddiant real iawn y mae'r coleg wedi'i gael yn ehangu hyfforddiant cyfrwng Cymraeg yn y sector addysg uwch. Mae'n egwyddor hollol bwysig i mi ein bod yn rhoi continwwm iaith Gymraeg i blant a phobl ifanc yng Nghymru, o'n cynnig gofal plant hyd at fynediad at ein hysgolion meithrin drwy'r mudiad, i addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg, ac yna iddynt allu parhau i ddatblygu a defnyddio eu sgiliau iaith mewn lleoliadau addysg bellach ac addysg uwch lle bynnag y bo modd. Byddwn yn parhau i geisio sicrhau, mewn agweddau eraill ar y gweithlu addysg, ein bod yn mynd i'r afael ag anghenion ieithyddol staff, boed hynny'n golygu, er enghraifft, ein cynorthwywyr addysgu, ein cynorthwywyr meithrin yn y mudiad, neu weithwyr proffesiynol eraill sy'n gweithio gyda'n plant a'n pobl ifanc. Mae'n bwysig iawn o safbwynt tegwch ein bod yn parhau i weithio mor galed ag y gallwn i fynd i'r afael â sgiliau ieithyddol gweithwyr proffesiynol sy'n gweithio ochr yn ochr â'n plant a'n pobl ifanc.
English: Thank you, Presiding Officer. Last month, headteachers in Wales called on the Welsh Government to revise its draft budget proposals for education. The National Association of Headteachers Cymru said that the proposed expenditure on education set out so far does not come close to repairing the damage done by years of Welsh Government underfunding. Schools are in deficit positions, struggling to retain good teachers and support staff, and they could face difficulties in delivering the new curriculum. Minister, why have you refused to commit to spending more money directly on schools, and will you agree to ring fence the consequentials arising from the UK Government's announcement of additional spending on primary schools in England for education in Wales?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Y mis diwethaf, bu penaethiaid yng Nghymru yn galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i adolygu ei chynigion cyllidebol drafft ar gyfer addysg. Dywedodd Cymdeithas Genedlaethol Prifathrawon Cymru nad yw'r gwariant arfaethedig ar addysg a nodwyd hyd yma yn dod yn agos at unioni'r niwed a wnaed gan flynyddoedd o danariannu gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae ysgolion mewn diffyg ariannol, yn ei chael hi'n anodd cadw staff cymorth ac athrawon da, a gallent wynebu anawsterau wrth gyflwyno'r cwricwlwm newydd. Weinidog, pam eich bod wedi gwrthod ymrwymo i wario mwy o arian yn uniongyrchol ar ysgolion, ac a wnewch chi gytuno i glustnodi'r cyllid canlyniadol sy'n deillio o gyhoeddiad Llywodraeth y DU ynglŷn â gwariant ychwanegol ar ysgolion cynradd yn Lloegr ar gyfer addysg yng Nghymru?