Dengys y cyhoeddiad heddiw y mantais o roi’r cyfrifoldeb i Lywodraeth Cymru am y pwerau hyn, a bod hynny’n parhau. Wrth bennu cyflog athrawon am yr eildro, rydym wedi parhau i ddilyn trywydd gwahanol i’r cynigion yn Lloegr, drwy roi cyflog cychwynnol uwch i athrawon yng Nghymru a chyflwyno rhai o’r prif newidiadau y gofynnwyd amdanynt gan y proffesiwn, megis dilyniant cyflog ar sail profiad a graddfeydd cyflog statudol cenedlaethol. Bydd hyn yn help i hyrwyddo addysgu fel proffesiwn y mae graddedigion a’r rhai sy’n dymuno newid gyrfa am ei ddewis. Ochr yn ochr â’n ddiwygiadau i ddysgu proffesiynol, y cwricwlwm a hyfforddiant cychwynnol athrawon, bydd yn helpu i annog athrawon o’r safon uchaf i ymuno â’r proffesiwn yma yng Nghymru.
Today’s announcement shows the benefit and continuation of the Welsh Government gaining responsibility for these powers. In setting teachers’ pay for the second time, we have continued to diverge from the proposals in England by awarding teachers in Wales higher starting pay and introducing some key changes requested by the profession such as experience based pay progression and national statutory pay scales. This will help to promote teaching as a profession of choice for graduates and career changers. Alongside our reforms to professional learning, the curriculum and initial teacher training, it will help to encourage the highest quality teachers to join the profession here in Wales.