The Welsh Government has announced a £5,000 bursary to try and get more teachers using the Welsh language. The bursary will be available to teachers who gained qualified teacher status from August 2020 onwards, and who have completed three years of teaching Welsh or through the medium of Welsh.
The bursary will initially be available until autumn 2028 to assess its success in encouraging teachers to enter and remain in the profession. The Welsh Government have said that having more teachers who are able to teach through the Welsh language is vital to reach their target of a million Welsh speakers by 2050.
This is not the only support for Cymraeg in education following the accountment of a second round of the Welsh-medium workforce capacity building grant, with a total pot of £800,000. This scheme provides small grants to schools so they can develop innovative ways of resolving the recruitment challenges they face.
