Poor funding doled out to the Ministry has resulted in the less than satisfactory implementation of the official language policy in the Public Administrative Service claims Minister of National Co-Existence, Dialogue and Official languages Mano Ganesan. Responding to recent allegations of poor implementation of the policy, Minister Ganesan admitted that while implementation has been staggered, funding has been the main obstacle faced by the Ministry.
“From the budget allocation what the Ministry has received this time around is less than last year,’’ he said adding that, therefore, it is unfair to blame the Minister for the dismal implementation as his requests for more funding has gone unheeded.
According to Ganesan, the Ministry has identified the serious issues in the implementation process. ‘’But we need adequate funding to address these issues’’ he claimed.
According to the Minister he has now suggested that a translators and interpreters be appointed to government offices to make up for the lack of government employees well versant in the country’s official languages.