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Sustainable development of the Welsh-medium education sector requires effective leaders at all
levels who can advocate for the language and influence the wider workforce which, in turn, will
inspire children and young people to appreciate and use the language.

Resources and qualifications

Alongside increasing the education workforce to deliver provision through the medium of
Welsh, we need to improve and increase the range of resources and qualifications available in
Welsh.

Generally, with the financial support of the Welsh Government, there has been an increase and
an improvement in terms of the quality and breadth of the provision of educational resources to
support learning and teaching in the curriculum and qualifications over the years.
Evidence shows that a wider range of materials is still required in a number of areas, in particular
digital and interactive resources
in Welsh. We also know that a delay in the publication of
Welsh-medium resources creates difficulties for practitioners in delivering the curriculum. It
also appears that there is a lack of awareness about the resources available and their usefulness
in supporting teaching and learning (Welsh Government 2016a). We will therefore plan for an
all-Wales infrastructure for the production of relevant and timely resources for curriculum in both
Welsh and English, and ensure that these are widely promoted to the relevant audiences.
Young people aged 14 to 19 in Wales need meaningful qualifications that will allow them to
contribute to society and meet the needs of the economy. Our qualifications system for 14- to 19-
year-old learners in Wales needs to make available a range of Welsh-medium qualifications, with
clear paths of progression. This requires an increase in the number of assessors and moderators
able to work through the medium of Welsh, and places a duty on awarding organisations to
provide the necessary resources and assessments in both Welsh and English. We will support
awarding organisations to continue expanding provision and options for learners.

The development of a single continuum for learning the language also requires Welsh
language qualifications to support the emphasis to be placed on speaking and listening and
use of the language in the workplace. We also need to ensure that the skills of bilingual and
multilingual learners (for example translanguaging skills) are understood, developed and
recognised. We will plan to ensure that these skills are acknowledged within qualifications.

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