Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:19 pm on 27 June 2017.
Thank you, leader of the house, for your statement. Can I call for a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Education on the allegations of racism and discrimination against non-white teaching staff in Welsh schools? You’ll be aware that there were concerns that were raised by Race Council Cymru regarding allegations of racism, and that that could be putting applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds off in terms of applying to be enrolled onto teacher training courses. This is clearly something we have to address. We’re not having sufficient numbers of people from non-white backgrounds making applications onto courses at the moment, and that could be a factor in the underachievement of learners from some specific ethnic minority backgrounds. So, I would appreciate it if you could schedule a statement as soon as possible.