Rwyf wedi penderfynu cynnal Adolygiad i ystyried darpariaeth Dysgu Cymraeg o 1 Awst 2022 ymlaen. Rwyf wedi gofyn i Steve Morris, Cadeirydd Pwyllgor Craffu Cymraeg i Oedolion Llywodraeth Cymru arwain yr adolygiad, gyda chefnogaeth tîm o arbenigwyr sydd ag arbenigedd amrywiol. Byddant yn dechrau'r gwaith hwn ar unwaith ac yn adrodd yn ôl i mi erbyn diwedd mis Gorffennaf. Rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn iddynt am gytuno i ymgymryd â'r gwaith hwn. Byddant yn ystyried ac yn darparu argymhellion ar y materion canlynol:Ystyried a yw cynnydd y Ganolfan yn erbyn argymhellion “Codi Golygon” (yr adroddiad a arweiniodd at ei sefydlu) wedi cael ei wireddu;ystyried a yw gweithgareddau'r Ganolfan yn cyfrannu ar ymdrechion i wireddu targedau perthnasol “Cymraeg 2050”;ystyried ymateb y Ganolfan i Covid, ac a yw’r datblygiadau yn sgil hynny yn cynnig cyfleoedd am newidiadau hirdymor i sut mae’r Ganolfan yn gweithredu neu sut mae darpariaeth Dysgu Cymraeg yn cael ei ddarparu;ystyried gweithgareddau a chyfrifoldebau presennol y Ganolfan, ac os yw’r arbenigedd sydd wedi’i feithrin a’r adnoddau sydd wedi’u creu ers ei sefydlu yn cynnig cyfleoedd i ymestyn gweithgareddau’r Ganolfan i feysydd addysg statudolystyried os yw’r Ganolfan wedi rhoi sylw priodol i ddatblygu cyfleoedd Dysgu Cymraeg i gynulleidfaoedd newydd a phenodol e.e. rhieni di-Gymraeg, pobl o liw a lleiafrifoedd ethnig gan gynnwys ffoaduriaid a cheiswyr lloches;adolygu data’r Ganolfan o ran y niferoedd sy’n Dysgu Cymraeg, a chostau bras fesul person, ac ystyried pa ffactorau y gellid eu defnyddio i ddiffinio gwerth am arian, a pha ddeiliannau sy’n cael eu cyflawni gan ddulliau dysgu eraill, a’r safonau sy’n cael eu cyrraedd ganddynt, acargymell sut sydd orau i Weinidogion sicrhau darpariaeth ar ôl 31 Gorffennaf 2022 (h.y. model grant yn debyg i’r trefniant presennol neu fabwysiadu trefn arall).
I have decided to undertake a Review to consider Learn Welsh provision from 1 August 2022 onwards. I have asked Steve Morris, the Chair of the Welsh Government Welsh for Adults Scrutiny Committee to lead the review, supported by a team of experts with varied expertise. They will begin this work immediately and report back to me by the end of July. I am very grateful to them for agreeing to undertake this work. They will consider and provide recommendations on the following matters:Consider whether the Centre's progress against the recommendations of "Raising Our Sights" (the report that led to its establishment) has been realised;consider whether the Centre's activities contribute to efforts to realise the relevant "Cymraeg 2050" targets;consider the Centre's response to Covid, and whether the developments resulting from it offer opportunities for long-term changes to how the Centre operates or how Learn Welsh provision is delivered;consider the current activities and responsibilities of the Centre, and whether the expertise that has been gained and the resources that have been created since its inception offer opportunities to extend the Centre's activities to statutory education fields;consider if the Centre has given sufficient attention to developing Learn Welsh opportunities for new and specific audiences e.g. non-Welsh speaking parents, and people of colour and ethnic minorities including refugees and asylum seekers,review the Centre’s data regarding the numbers that Learn Welsh, and approximate costs per person, consider what factors can be used to define value for money, and what outcomes are achieved by other language teaching methods, and the standards achieved,andrecommend how Ministers can best secure provision after 31 July 2022 (i.e. by means of a grant model similar to the current arrangement or by adopting a different regime).