Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:48 pm on 4 October 2017.
At the heart of my approach to education is the issue of equity. No child should be disadvantaged whether they choose to study through the medium of English, whether they choose to study through the medium of Welsh or whether they choose to attend a bilingual school. I held a summit back in the spring to address this issue around Welsh-medium resources. You were invited and you didn’t come, Darren, which perhaps shows your true interest in this subject. Since that time, we have worked with the WJEC to provide online and electronic copies of Welsh-medium resources to shorten the time that they have to wait for them. We are working with the Welsh Books Council and the WJEC to look at how we can develop the Welsh publishing industry to publish our own textbooks, rather than being beholden to large publishing houses across the border in England. Crucially, we have been able to agree between ourselves and Plaid Cymru additional resources to tackle this very issue.