13 Ionawr 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad a Chyhoeddiad Busnes
Gweinidog Busnes, a gaf ofyn am ddatganiad gan y Dirprwy Brif Weinidog a'r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig am y materion parhaus yn chwarel Tŷ Llwyd yn Ynysddu? Mae pryderon difrifol o hyd ynglŷn â gollyngiad anghyfreithlon amlwg…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Understood. Thank you so much, Chair.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Got you. Okay. Deb, did you want to add anything? After that, I'm done then, Chair.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
So, just for my clarity, the plans that you've made with your, I want to call them career advisers from Careers Wales, those plans are targeted for the schools? Are they targeted for the local council? Where are they going exactly?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Have you both, when it's come to your children, when it's come to their learning, when it's come to their careers, when it's come to aspiration, have you had any interaction with Careers Wales at all, and how's your relationship been with them? Because we…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Can I just ask one final question?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. Thank you. Deb, did you want to add anything to that one?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
And who do you feel should be responsible for giving that information: teachers, various support groups, Welsh Government? Who do you think should fly the flag and say, 'We're going to make sure all parents are fully aware of what's available to them'?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Is that for all children or just those children who specifically have additional learning needs?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. So, that feeds nicely into my last question, which is: do you have any comments, as parents, and you both are, indeed—? Do you feel that you get all the information that you need to support your children in order to get into higher education, and…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Karen, do you have anything you want to add?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thanks so much, Chair. We've had some concerns from schools with sixth forms that they tend to actually want to keep young people continuing to carry on doing their A-levels in order to keep their numbers up. It sounds horrible, but that's, unfortunately…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
No, it's fine—it happens all the time; don't even worry about it. It's fine.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Understood. Thank you so much for your answers. Thank you, Chair.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay, understood. Thank you so much for that answer. Karen, do you have anything to add?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I completely understand. And my last question, because I know you've covered a lot of the answers to questions that I was going to ask you, but you mentioned, I believe it was Deb, in answer to one of the questions that Buffy asked, in relation to role…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
And a viewpoint that some children and young people have is they're not good enough, they're not cut out for university. Is that something that's very much from their teachers, from their peers, or is it just generally everyone around them?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I think you’ve covered pretty much everything I wanted to ask you, but in relation to age, I completely appreciate what you're saying, and I think that when the child moves from junior school to secondary school it's a huge jump for them in every sense of the…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Okay. Thank you so much. Thanks, Chair.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Okay.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Medr.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Okay. I’m sure we will in future, rest assured. Thank you so much for that. So, who’s responsible for the poor quality of the information going out to young people then? And who can improve it?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Of course you can, yes.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
So, to make it simpler, then, in a one-word answer, who do you think should be responsible for supplying the information to make sure that they’re aware of just the options that are available to them?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
There's just one final question and it's on an area and subject that everyone's touched upon, in the phrase, but I think we should ask a question on it. It's: to what extent does the poor quality of information and support provided to learners at school…
