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NDM7218 Welsh Conservatives debate - School Education
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Meeting: 11/12/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
Welsh Conservatives debate - School Education
NDM7218 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Notes the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development’s 2018 PISA results.
2. Regrets that:
a) there has been no statistically
significant improvement in Wales’s PISA scores in reading and maths since 2006;
b) Wales’s science scores are significantly
worse than in 2006;
c) Wales is ranked bottom of the UK nations
in reading, maths and science;
d) Wales is the only UK nation to score
below the OECD average in all PISA measures.
3. Calls upon the Welsh Government to:
a) acknowledge its failure to improve
education in Wales;
b) apologise to pupils, parents and schools
for letting them down;
c) guarantee that additional resources
arising from increased spending on schools by the UK Government will be
invested on schools in Wales.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
Notes that Wales is the only UK nation to
improve in each domain.
Welcomes:
a) Wales’s best ever scores in reading and
maths, and improvement in science;
b) a reduction in the gap between our most
disadvantaged learners and their peers;
c) the improvement in performance of high
performing students.
Believes the improvement in PISA scores is
testament to the hard work of teachers and pupils across Wales.
[If Amendment 1 is agreed amendment 2 will
be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Delete point 3 and replace with:
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) continue along the path of revising the
new curriculum and allowing it to take root as part of efforts to raise
standards;
b) guarantee that the necessary resources
are available to schools in order to improve working conditions for teachers
and attract more new teachers to the profession.
Minutes:
The item started at 16.35
Voting on the motion and
amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the
motion without amendment:
NDM7218 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development’s 2018 PISA results.
2. Regrets that:
a) there has been no
statistically significant improvement in Wales’s PISA scores in reading and
maths since 2006;
b) Wales’s science scores
are significantly worse than in 2006;
c) Wales is ranked bottom
of the UK nations in reading, maths and science;
d) Wales is the only UK
nation to score below the OECD average in all PISA measures.
3. Calls upon the Welsh Government
to:
a) acknowledge its failure
to improve education in Wales;
b) apologise to pupils,
parents and schools for letting them down;
c) guarantee that
additional resources arising from increased spending on schools by the UK
Government will be invested on schools in Wales.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
14 |
0 |
32 |
44 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments
were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
Notes that Wales is the only UK nation to improve in each domain.
Welcomes:
a) Wales’s best ever scores in reading and maths, and improvement in
science;
b) a reduction in the gap between our most disadvantaged learners and
their peers;
c) the improvement in performance of high performing students.
Believes the improvement in PISA scores is testament to the hard work of
teachers and pupils across Wales.
A vote was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
29 |
0 |
17 |
44 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
As Amendment 1 was agreed amendment 2 was de-selected
A vote was taken on the
motion as amended:
NDM7218 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development’s 2018 PISA results.
2. Notes that Wales is the only UK nation to improve in each domain.
3. Welcomes:
a) Wales’s best ever scores in reading and maths, and improvement in
science;
b) a reduction in the gap between our most disadvantaged learners and
their peers;
c) the improvement in performance of high performing students.
4. Believes the improvement in PISA scores is testament to the hard work
of teachers and pupils across Wales.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
29 |
0 |
17 |
44 |
The motion as amended was agreed.