The current model may not be perfect, but a bilingual approach allows for a lot of Welsh in the classroom while also recognising that English is the *lingua franca* of subjects such as science and that it advantages pupils for some of their teaching to use it.
I’m not sure that the proposed shift to a less bilingual curriculum will help pupils, and suspect the fears that it will impact recruitment will be proved right.
How many Welsh speaking maths, physic or chemistry teachers are there in the world? Imagine deliberately limiting the talent pool of educators for your children across a whole county in this way, let alone forcing this on the sizable non-Welsh speaking population.
Recruitment is already incredibly difficult, adding an additional barrier, whatever it may be, will result in classes not having teachers
I get wanting to promote Welsh and if teachers were a professional with a glut in Wales then this wouldn’t be an issue but if shrinking an already drop of water sized pool of potential applicants to promote a language means you don’t get anyone to teach at all is it really worth it?
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The current model may not be perfect, but a bilingual approach allows for a lot of Welsh in the classroom while also recognising that English is the *lingua franca* of subjects such as science and that it advantages pupils for some of their teaching to use it.
I’m not sure that the proposed shift to a less bilingual curriculum will help pupils, and suspect the fears that it will impact recruitment will be proved right.
How many Welsh speaking maths, physic or chemistry teachers are there in the world? Imagine deliberately limiting the talent pool of educators for your children across a whole county in this way, let alone forcing this on the sizable non-Welsh speaking population.
Recruitment is already incredibly difficult, adding an additional barrier, whatever it may be, will result in classes not having teachers
I get wanting to promote Welsh and if teachers were a professional with a glut in Wales then this wouldn’t be an issue but if shrinking an already drop of water sized pool of potential applicants to promote a language means you don’t get anyone to teach at all is it really worth it?
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