Commenting on the announcement of an extra £8.9m for Further Education, Welsh Lib Dem Shadow Education Minister, Jenny Randerson AM said:
"There is chaos in the Education Department. No matter how much the Labour-Plaid Government try and spin this, by claiming it is response to the economic situation, they can't hide the mess they have made.
"The recession was well underway when the budget was set, so they can't now claim it is in response to something that was already happening.
"This is the second year in a row where WAG have had to make rapid amendments to the budget as a result of a complete failure in planning. It is clear that FE is this year's equivalent of the Foundation Phase debacle last year.
"Labour and Plaid should never have got FE in to this mess and this money is too little too late to prevent large numbers of job cuts and the slashing of courses."
