Aibu to feel sad that welsh is not compulsory in schools in Wales .

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Says it all really.

It's part of the heritage and it's a worry it will die out.

Don't understand it myself.

I thought it was?

Me too BIWI

I don't understand why the taxpayer has to fund a minority language. Let it die out, or pay for your child to learn Welsh privately

I thought it was? We are near the borders here.

It is compulsory to GCSE level

Afaik it is compulsory, I think to 16?

It's only a minority language because it's not compulsory in schools.

It has been compulsory in state primary and secondary for years I think. My university cohort were the last year to have not had to do Welsh in secondary school I think so it must have been compulsory since the early 90s. All my education apart from English language and lit was in Welsh. (Learnt French from Welsh rather than English for example)

I thought it was compulsory (in state schools, at least) up until the age of 16?

I may be wrong about this. It appears that it is compulsory up to the age of 16.

That's good news

It isn't a minority language in big parts of Wales. I'm from Anglesey. I and all my family and the vast majority of my family friends speak Welsh as a first language. If I go into a shop or a cafe or a hospital or on a bus the people I speak to are generally Welsh speaking.
Why should the language that a good number of people speak every day die out? Why should I not have the right to be educated in Welsh in Wales?

It isn't a minority language here either. Most parents at pick up speak welsh and the school is entirely welsh speaking. Myneighbour- that is a pretty offensive comment to the many people who have welsh as either a first or a second language.

It is compulsory in all schools in all of Wales (except in exceptional circumstances).

Depending on where in Wales you live will depend on whether it is a minority or majority language. I live in rural mid-Wales, the majority of the schools round here are Welsh medium so almost all children speak Welsh fluently by the time they are 5/6. A large proportion of local people speak Welsh as their first language, and it is usual to hear Welsh being spoken in the local community (eg: school gates, by shopkeers, in cafes/pubs etc).

It is compulsory. Anyone who thinks it should die out can go ahead and cysanu fy mhenol . I for one am proud to speak a true British language, more effort should be made to keep the originally languages of the UK alive.

Why should it be compulsory? In welsh speaking areas it will be taught/the school will be welsh and in other areas not so. In theory, either Welsh is a national language and all schools should teach all subjects in welsh (like english in england) or it is part of England with all lessons taught in english with Welsh as an option.

Lessons are compulsory until age 16 and Welsh GCSE is compulsory. We live on the industrial coast of north Wales and it is rare to hear Welsh spoken on a day to day basis. The Welsh medium primary school has three welsh speaking families. The rest of the children speak English as soon as they are out of the gate. We are not too far though from properly welsh speaking areas where daily life is conducted through the medium of Welsh.

OP- two seconds on Google could have told you that Welsh is compulsory in schools in Wales. I'm glad it is too.

It is only compulsory till the age of 14 when you make GCSE choices.

Welsh GCSE is NOT compulsory.

It's compulsory up to age 16, chemist, and has been since 1999.

It is compulsory, as compulsory as Maths, English and Science. Which Welsh school did you go to Chemistic?

Sorry chemistc

I went to Brecon High School. It was not compulsory to study Welsh after the age of 14. I left high school in 1998 though.

I don't understand why the taxpayer has to fund a minority language. Let it die out, or pay for your child to learn Welsh privately

1. Welsh people ARE taxpayers
2. Welsh Language educational resources are funded by the Welsh Assembly.
3. People have a right to use their first language and therefore it would not be right for the language to die out.
4. Paying for private Welsh tuition would exclude those who can't pay.
5. It's an ancient language that is thousands of years old with deep roots and heritage that has influenced not just place names, but Welsh History and place names.

It became compulsory the year after you left then, you doughnut! So about the same time as I did- I remember some of the pupils of other schools in the area being most unhappy at having to do it for "two more years"