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P-05-888 Make GCSE Welsh Language compulsory in all schools in Wales
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Meeting: 25/02/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-888 Make GCSE Welsh Language compulsory in all schools in Wales
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 36 KB View as HTML (3/1) 5 KB
- 09.02.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee (Welsh only), item 3 PDF 82 KB View as HTML (3/2) 2 KB
Minutes:
The Committee agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner for raising this issue through the petitions process.
Meeting: 21/01/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-888 Make GCSE Welsh Language compulsory in all schools in Wales
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 36 KB View as HTML (3/1) 5 KB
- 29.10.19 Correspondence - Welsh Independent Schools Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 425 KB View as HTML (3/2) 13 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to wait a short time for further views from the petitioner, with a view to closing the petition on the basis that there appears to be little more that the petition could achieve in light of the information received from the Welsh Government and the Welsh Independent Schools Council.
Meeting: 17/09/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-888 Make GCSE Welsh Language compulsory in all schools in Wales
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 36 KB View as HTML (3/1) 20 KB
- 18.07.19 Correspondence – Welsh Independent Schools Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 340 KB View as HTML (3/2) 36 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to write back to the
Welsh Independent Schools Council (WISC) to ask what percentage of independent schools
do offer their pupils the opportunity to learn Welsh GCSE.
Meeting: 25/06/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
- Webcast for 25/06/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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5 P-05-888 Make GCSE Welsh Language compulsory in all schools in Wales
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 5 PDF 36 KB View as HTML (5/1) 6 KB
- Research Brief, item 5 PDF 108 KB View as HTML (5/2) 38 KB
- 29.05.19 Correspondence - Minister for Education to Chair, item 5 PDF 265 KB
- 19.06.19 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 5 PDF 89 KB View as HTML (5/4) 2 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the Welsh Independent Schools Council to seek their views on the petition and request further information on the teaching of Welsh in independent schools in Wales.