The curriculum will at first be available for testing and feedback, with all schools having access to the final curriculum from 2020.
Kirsty Williams said this will ensure schools are fully ready and prepared for statutory roll-out in September 2022.
“I believe that the Welsh education system must be a ‘citizens first’ system,” she stated. “That’s why, on taking office, I re-affirmed the government’s commitment to a new curriculum that as well as raising standards of literacy and numeracy will also develop ethical and informed citizens who are ready to be citizens of Wales and the world.”
Ms Williams made her comments while delivering an annual memorial lecture in memory of Welsh academic and novelist Raymond Williams.
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