Background

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. But with vision and action you can change the world” – Nelson Mandela

Cymru Fydd In 1907 coincided to develop the Welsh department of the Board of Education was established as a reply to the calling for a “separate Welsh educational establishment” rising from the resistance to the Education Act 1902. Also in 1905 the liberal government returned with a “strong Welsh support” this amplified the calling for a “separate Welsh educational establishment” (The Board of Education, 1983).

The Board of Education now had the responsibility for all conditions affecting both primary and secondary schooling in Wales. Then due to the thriving Board of Education this led to the development of a Welsh inspectorate. The Welsh Inspectorate was established to inspect both primary and secondary schools in Wales. However later in 1944 the Central Advisory Council for Education was established to direct the Minister of Education on issues surrounding the education within Wales. From 1956 a Welsh Department office opened in Cardiff however, responsibilities for primary and secondary education in Wales were handed over to the Welsh office from the Department of Education and Science in November 1970. Nonetheless, “questions concerning questions, qualifications, supply” etc. of teachers continued to be dispensed by the “Department of Education and Science’s Welsh Education Office” in London (The Board of Education, 1983).