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P-05-783 Ensuring Equality of Curriculum for Welsh Medium Schools e.g. GCSE Psychology
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Meeting: 21/01/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 118 KB View as HTML (3/1) 11 KB
- Qualifications Wales consultation timeline, item 3 PDF 23 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to await the outcomes of Qualifications Wales’ consultation, Qualifications for the Future, and to consider the petition again at that point.
Meeting: 09/07/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-783 Ensuring Equality of Curriculum for Welsh Medium Schools e.g. GCSE Psychology
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 118 KB View as HTML (3/1) 11 KB
- 07.06.19 Correspondence - Minister for Education to Chair, item 3 PDF 187 KB
- 26.06.19 Correspondence - Qualifications Wales to Chair, item 3 PDF 128 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered further correspondence from the Minister for Education and
from Qualifications Wales, and agreed to:
- write
to Qualifications Wales to set out the Committee’s view that everybody
should be able to study all available qualifications in both official
languages in Wales;
- write
to the petitioner to encourage them to directly engage with the
Qualifications Wales’ consultation on the future shape of 14-16
qualifications before considering the petition again; and
- await
the proposals resulting from the Qualifications Wales’ consultation before
considering the petition again.
Meeting: 07/05/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-783 Ensuring Equality of Curriculum for Welsh Medium Schools e.g. GCSE Psychology
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 118 KB View as HTML (3/1) 11 KB
- 30.04.19 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee (Welsh only), item 3 PDF 199 KB View as HTML (3/2) 12 KB
- 30.04.19 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee (private) , View reasons restricted (3/3)
- 30.04.19 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee - Annex, item 3 PDF 227 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered further correspondence on the petition and agreed to write
back to Qualifications Wales and the Minister for Education to ask for more
information about the steps being taken in relation to securing Welsh and
English medium provision from the outset under the new curriculum.
Meeting: 29/01/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-783 Ensuring Equality of Curriculum for Welsh Medium Schools e.g. GCSE Psychology
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 118 KB View as HTML (3/1) 11 KB
- 11.12.18 Correspondence - Cabinet Secretary for Education to the Chair, item 3 PDF 263 KB
- 20.12.18 Correspondence - Welsh Language Commissioner to the Chair, item 3 PDF 1 MB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Education and the
Welsh Language Commission and agreed to write to Qualifications Wales and the
Minister for Education to share the analysis and information provided by the
Welsh Language Commission, and to seek their responses to the specific
solutions proposed.
Meeting: 13/11/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-783 Ensuring Equality of Curriculum for Welsh Medium Schools e.g. GCSE Psychology
Supporting documents:
- Cover Sheet, item 3 PDF 118 KB View as HTML (3/1) 11 KB
- 23.10.18 Correspondence - Cabinet Secretary for Education to the Chair, item 3 PDF 263 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Education
and agreed to:
·
write
back to question if it is not the Welsh Government’s duty to ensure that there
is parity between provision in English and Welsh, given that both languages
have official status in Wales; and
·
write
to the Welsh Language Commissioner to seek her views on the issues raised by
the petition.
Meeting: 25/09/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-783 Ensuring Equality of Curriculum for Welsh Medium Schools e.g. GCSE Psychology
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 118 KB View as HTML (3/1) 11 KB
- 02.07.18 Correspondence - Cabinet Secretary for Education to the Chair, item 3 PDF 201 KB
- 19.07.18 Correspondence - Chief Executive of Qualifications Wales to the Chair, item 3 PDF 138 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from Qualifications Wales and agreed to
write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education to share the views expressed by
the petitioner and to ask for the Welsh Government’s perspective on the policy
outlined by Qualifications Wales in relation to subjects available through the
medium of Welsh.
Meeting: 17/07/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-783 Ensuring Equality of Curriculum for Welsh Medium Schools e.g. GCSE Psychology
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 117 KB View as HTML (3/1) 11 KB
- 02.07.18 Correspondence - Cabinet Secretary for Education to the Chair, item 3 PDF 201 KB
Minutes:
Due
to time constraints, and to allow the petitioner additional time to provide
comments, the Committee agreed to defer consideration of the petition to a
future meeting.
Meeting: 15/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the petition and agreed to write to:
- Qualifications
Wales to seek an update on the current position, request information about
how many GCSE and A-level subjects are not able to be studied through the
medium of Welsh, and ask what support is available to examination boards
to encourage them to provide exam papers and supporting materials; and
- the
Cabinet Secretary for Education to ask what support the Welsh Government
provides, or would expect Qualifications Wales to provide, to assist
examination boards based outside of Wales to provide exam papers and
supporting materials through the medium of Welsh.
Meeting: 01/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The
Committee indicated that they would be interested in considering the issues
raised by this petition further and agreed to give the petitioner an
opportunity to provide his comments in response to the correspondence received,
but close the petition at the next meeting if this is not forthcoming.
Meeting: 07/11/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2 PDF 117 KB View as HTML (2/1) 11 KB
- Research brief, item 2 PDF 74 KB View as HTML (2/2) 39 KB
- 10.10.17 Correspondence - Cabinet Secretary for Education to the Chair, item 2 PDF 194 KB
- 23.10.17 Correspondence - Qualifications Wales to the Chair, item 2 PDF 358 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to await the
views of the petitioner on the responses received from the Welsh Government and
Qualifications Wales before considering further action on the petition.