Welsh-medium Education

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 19 September 2018.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 2:07, 19 September 2018

Well, just to be clear: this money is very, very clearly earmarked. It's ring-fenced. It is specifically for the growth of Welsh language education, so there's no question about it going into any general pots. This has been very, very clearly targeted. That learning pathway—we've made it clear that we want to see schools working together if they are not able to deliver that locally themselves, and that co-ordination we are helping to develop, in particular in rural areas now. We've got a new pilot we're going to start—[Inaudible.]—where we're starting to do a bit more distance learning. I think that is a very interesting development, particularly, that we're going to be piloting in the Ceredigion and Powys area.