I am delighted that the proposed Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2008 received the support of the Assembly to proceed to the next stage. This reflects the strong approval that the principles of the proposals have received across such a range of Welsh organisations, including teaching unions, Head teachers organisations, Fforwm, WLGA and Estyn.
The proposed Measure has been subject to rigorous and professional scrutiny. I have valued engaging in discussion with professionals and with Assembly Committee members and I would like to thank you all for your contribution to that engagement.
I am confident that the vast majority of providers are very well placed to provide the range of options to which they have committed themselves from next September. This view is supported by very recent information received. Many schools will out-perform the minimum to which they are committed. This is, I believe, very much to the credit of the sector.
Nevertheless, the statutory implementation of this part of the Measure, in September 2009, places a burden on some parts of the system which can be mitigated.
I announced in Plenary yesterday that I intend to proceed on a non-statutory basis for 2009/10, with statutory implementation of this aspect of the Measure following from 2010/11. The overall implementation timetable will remain with full implementation in September 2012.
Each local authority has already agreed to be placed within one of three bands. For each band, an incremental minimum number of learner choices has been set out. The following table illustrates the minimum number of learner choices based on the revised implementation date for September 2010.
Year
2009 (non- statutory)
2010
2011
2012
Band A: 9 local authority areas
28
30
30
30
Band B: 5 local authority areas
26
28
30
30
Band C: 8 local authority areas
24
26
28
30
May I take this opportunity to thank all stakeholders for their hard work in helping to take Learning Pathways 14-19 forward.
Diolch yn fawr, John Griffiths AM Deputy Minister for Skills
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Yr wyf yn falch iawn bod Mesur Dysgu a Sgiliau (Cymru) 2008 wedi derbyn cymeradwyaeth y Cynulliad ac yn gallu symud ymlaen at y cam nesaf yn y broses. Mae’n adlewyrchu’r gymeradwyaeth gref y mae egwyddorion y cynigion hyn wedi’u derbyn gan ystod eang o sefydliadau Cymreig gan gynnwys yr undebau dysgu, sefydliadau penaethiaid, Fforwm, Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru ac Estyn.
Mae’r Mesur arfaethedig hwn wedi bod yn destun proses graffu drylwyr a phroffesiynol. Yr wyf wedi gwerthfawrogi’r trafodaethau yr wyf wedi’u cael gyda gweithwyr proffesiynol ac Aelodau’r Pwyllgor a hoffwn ddiolch i chi gyd am eich cyfraniad i’r trafodaethau hynny.
Yr wyf yn hyderus bod y mwyafrif helaeth o ddarparwyr mewn sefyllfa dda i fedru darparu’r ystod eang o ddewisiadau y maent wedi ymrwymo iddynt o fis Medi nesaf ymlaen. Cefnogir y farn hon gan wybodaeth a ddaeth i law yn ddiweddar iawn. Bydd nifer o ysgolion yn rhagori ar yr hyn y maent wedi ymrwymo i’w wneud, ac mae hyn yn glod mawr i’r sector.
Serch hynny, bydd gweithredu’r rhan hon o’r Mesur yn statudol ym mis Medi 2009, yn rhoi pwysau ar rannau o’r system, ond mae modd lleddfu’r pwysau hwnnw.
Ddoe, cyhoeddais yn y Cyfarfod Llawn fy mwriad i barhau ar sail anstatudol ar gyfer 2009/10, a bydd y gweithredu statudol o’r adran hon o’r Mesur yn dilyn o 2010/11 ymlaen. Bydd yr amserlen weithredu gyffredinol yn parhau a chaiff ei gweithredu’n llawn ym mis Medi 2012.
Mae pob awdurdod lleol eisoes wedi cytuno i gael eu lleoli mewn un o dri band. Ar gyfer pob band, pennwyd isafswm cynyddrannol o ddewisiadau i ddysgwyr. Mae’r tabl canlynol yn dangos y nifer isaf o ddewisiadau i ddysgwyr sydd wedi’i seilio ar y dyddiad gweithredu diwygiedig o fis Medi 2010.
Blwyddyn
2009 (anstatudol)
2010
2011
2012
Band A: 9 ardal llywodraeth leol
28
30
30
30
Band B: 5 ardal llywodraeth leol
26
28
30
30
Band C: 8 ardal llywodraeth leol
24
26
28
30
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Diolch yn fawr, John Griffiths AC Y Dirprwy Weinidog dros Sgiliau
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I am delighted that the proposed Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2008 received the support of the Assembly to proceed to the next stage. This reflects the strong approval that the principles of the proposals have received across such a range of Welsh organisations, including teaching unions, Head teachers organisations, Fforwm, WLGA and Estyn.
Yr wyf yn falch iawn bod Mesur Dysgu a Sgiliau (Cymru) 2008 wedi derbyn cymeradwyaeth y Cynulliad ac yn gallu symud ymlaen at y cam nesaf yn y broses. Mae’n adlewyrchu’r gymeradwyaeth gref y mae egwyddorion y cynigion hyn wedi’u derbyn gan ystod eang o sefydliadau Cymreig gan gynnwys yr undebau dysgu, sefydliadau penaethiaid, Fforwm, Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru ac Estyn.