Why don’t they roll out more adult provision? Why not put on free courses for workplaces?
I was a teacher at a Welsh university. The standard of education of those coming out of Welsh medium schools was noticeably worse than English medium. This was worst in terms of technical understanding and the ability to write in detail.
In later life I married a former teacher who said this is largely due to the lower quality of teacher. the desperation to get staff leading to a close to ‘hire anyone’ approach.
Some of this is hidden by funding and the comparative wealth of Welsh medium parents. Yet as the PISA results show Welsh medium education is often a drag on the system and our national results.
This isn’t news to anyone who works in education. But it must never be spoken allowed.
Action isn’t needed, there are many more important things that need to be really urgently fixed in Wales. Like education in general, we’re the worst performer in the UK in the PISA rankings, that needs fixing first before you can even start **thinking** about stuff like this.
4 comments
Why don’t they roll out more adult provision? Why not put on free courses for workplaces?
I was a teacher at a Welsh university. The standard of education of those coming out of Welsh medium schools was noticeably worse than English medium. This was worst in terms of technical understanding and the ability to write in detail.
In later life I married a former teacher who said this is largely due to the lower quality of teacher. the desperation to get staff leading to a close to ‘hire anyone’ approach.
Some of this is hidden by funding and the comparative wealth of Welsh medium parents. Yet as the PISA results show Welsh medium education is often a drag on the system and our national results.
This isn’t news to anyone who works in education. But it must never be spoken allowed.
Action isn’t needed, there are many more important things that need to be really urgently fixed in Wales. Like education in general, we’re the worst performer in the UK in the PISA rankings, that needs fixing first before you can even start **thinking** about stuff like this.
Average M4 journey
Comments are closed.