Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:40 pm on 13 December 2017.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 1:40, 13 December 2017

But it’s no small undertaking, is it, to move from one particular type of provision to another? You stated in June,

‘From the outset— and I quote,

—‘we have been clear that being digitally competent is one of the fundamental pillars of a modern education'.

Nobody would doubt that.

‘That is why digital competence was identified as the third cross-curricular responsibility, alongside literacy and numeracy’.

We have a situation where the consortia have advised schools that the tools in Hwb+ are necessary for the Government’s new curriculum and digital competence framework. Given the scale of this project, your intended change will mean, no doubt, a year or two of disruption. So, can you tell us how you will ensure that changing this platform at this key time will actually enhance learning rather than put an extra burden on teachers who will have to start over again, be retrained and familiarise themselves with a new platform at a time when many people are saying that they’re still becoming familiar with the current set of tools?