[lg policy] Sri Lanka: National Language Policy (admin circular 07/2007)

[Harold Schiffman]

    National Language Policy (admin circular 07/2007)

December 14, 2011


The attention of the GMOA has been drawn to the issue of National
Language Policy which forces the doctors who have joined the service
after the date 01/07/2007 to pass a tamil language exam (It is sinhala
for those,whose mother tongue is tamil) within 5 years of their
service.Failing to acheive this their annual increments will be
stopped).

Please read the full circular:
http://gmoa.lk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/07-2007e.pdf

Public Administration Circular 07/2007
My No. E/2/3/2/70
Ministry of Public Administration
and Home Affairs
Independence Square
Colombo - 07
28 May, 2007

All Secretaries to Ministries
Chief Secretaries of Provincial Councils and
Heads of Departments

Implementation of Official Language Policy

The Government has decided to implement the following provisions to
enable the Public
Servants to carry out their functions and duties both in Sinhala and
Tamil since the two
languages are official languages in terms of the Constitution of the
Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka.

(a) All officers recruited to the Public / Provincial Public Service with effect
from 01.07.2007 should acquire proficiency in the other official language
within a period of 5 years in addition to the official language through
which they enter the service.

(b) Proficiency in the official language required by the functions assigned to
the respective posts consists of 3 levels as follows. Several services
identified accordingly are indicated in the Annexure.

(I) Pass in Sinhala / Tamil at the G. C. E. (O/L) examination as a main
subject (not as second language or optional language) and speech
test conducted by the Department of official languages or pass in
the special competence examination conducted by the Department
of official languages. This provision is applicable to the category
I in the Annexure.

(II) Pass in the test of the language course at secondary level
examination conducted by the Department of official languages.
This provision is applicable to the category 2 in the annexure.
(III) Pass in the test of the language course at preliminary level
examination conducted by the Department of official languages.
This provision is applicable to the category 3 in the annexure.
(c) If the appointing authority considers that a section of officers who belong
to a post/service specified in Annex, due to the nature of duties assigned to
them, should acquire a higher level of language proficiency than the level
stipulated for such post/service, a determination should be obtained on the
requisite level of language proficiency by a recommendation made to the
Director General of Establishments through the Secretary of the relevant
Ministry. The Director General of Establishments shall seek
recommendation of the Commission of Official Languages on such
determination.

e.g. (If the proficiency level in category 3 is not sufficient for a certain
post in the Sri Lanka Scientific Service mentioned under No. 14 in
the annexure I, the proficiency level may be changed to category 1
or 2 adducing the reasons in this regard).

(d) The categories applicable to the services / posts which are not
listed in the
Annexure will be determined by the Director General of Establishments.
For such determination the Director General of Establishments shall
consult the Secretary to the Ministry, under which such post has been
created, and the Commission of Official Languages.

02. Increments of the officers who do not acquire the specified
proficiency in the
official language mentioned in para (a) above within a period of 5
years from the date of
their appointments will be deferred until they obtain qualifications.

03. All Service Minutes and Schemes of Recruitment should be amended accordingly
and these provisions should be incorporated in the notices calling
applications for the
recruitments made from 01.07.2007 and in the letters of appointments.

04. The provisions herein will be applicable only to the recruitments
made to the
Public / Provincial Public Service on or after 01.07.2007 and such
provisions will not be
applicable to the recruitments made such as graded promotions and on
limited / merit
promotions confined only to the Public Servants.

05. Provisions stipulated in the Public Administration Circular No.
03/2007 will not
apply to the officers recruited after 01.07.2007.
06. This Circular is issued with the concurrence of the Ministry of
Constitutional
Affairs and National Integration.

Sgd./ D. Dissanayake

Secretary
Ministry of Public Administration
and Home Affairs

http://gmoa.lk/index.php/2011/12/national-language-policyadmin-circular-072007/

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