tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post2050205477751262355..comments2023-05-08T10:46:34.371+01:00Comments on Y Cneifiwr: Modernising Education - Programmed to FailUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-958849080066702122012-02-27T15:45:00.894+00:002012-02-27T15:45:00.894+00:00Thanks Caebrwyn. You are right to point out that t...Thanks Caebrwyn. You are right to point out that the entire funding of the MEP programme is heading down the pan - something that even the council's own annual report gets round to mentioning after the initial pages of hype. The outlook for most of the county's schools is bleak indeed once the current crop of projects has been finished.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-15702671428680589962012-02-27T11:51:17.368+00:002012-02-27T11:51:17.368+00:00The picture is indeed confusing and misleading for...The picture is indeed confusing and misleading for the reasons you state. Initially the Dinefwr programme was to be a pilot scheme 100% WAG funded - not only that project, but the whole MEP match funding requirement from CCC has gone from 20%, to 30% to 50%. This has created a 'shortfall' of £26m, which will have an impact ie delay on further progress after 2016 (according to CCC minutes).<br />I enquired about the £8m you mention as it had to be spent in this financial year 2011-2012, I was told it had been spent on Amman Valley school, part of the Dinefwr project.<br />Speaking from the Pantycelyn perspective and putting aside the strong objections to the whole programme, particularly over the closure, the consultation meetings with CCC officers revealed a complete absence of logistical/educational planning for the interim period which will effect the children caught midway between CCC's masterplan. 16 year olds starting 6th form in September have no idea whether they will be in Tregib, Amman Valley or even Pantycelyn and will probably have to commute between all three. With 6th form transport earmarked for the axe in 2013 the outlook for parents and children is bleak. Neither, unsurprisingly, is there a Plan B should there be a successful challenge to any proposals - something which surely should be written into the overall programme if the 'consultations' were genuine. The position in Dinefwr is nothing short of a mess.caebrwynhttp://www.carmarthenplanning.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com