[lg policy] Welsh language 'stick approach' to lessons 'not working'

[Dave Sayers]

"Caroline Jones raised the issue of the Welsh language commissioner's call for 
"radical change" in education to reach a target of 1m Welsh-speakers by 2050.

The UKIP AM said she disagreed with Meri Huws's call for compulsory Welsh medium 
education for under-sevens.

...

In response, the first minister said there were "practical issues" with the idea of 
making all primary schools Welsh-medium in terms of recruiting teachers.

But he added: "I firmly believe it's right that our national languages should be 
compulsory until the age of 16.""

Full article here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-38736880.

Dave

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Dr. Dave Sayers, ORCID no. 0000-0003-1124-7132
Senior Lecturer, Dept Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University | www.shu.ac.uk
Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | www.wiserd.ac.uk
dave.sayers at cantab.net | http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers

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