Civil service lagging in employing the disabledIPOH: Only six agencies have complied with a circular which stipulates that government agencies need to allocate 1% of its total workforce for the disabled.
Development of Persons with Dis-abilities department director Noraini Hashim said 581 disabled people had joined the civil service since the circular was issued in 2008.
Of these, 97 were employed by welfare departments in various states.
“There are various reasons why the agencies could not fulfil the 1% quota. One is that the type of job applied for by the disabled person did not meet the agency’s requirements,” she said after opening a seminar on building and public infrastructure for disabled persons.
There were also cases where the agencies felt the disabled person was not competent for the jobs.
State Economic Planning Unit director Datuk Abu Bakar Said, who represented Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir, opened the one-day seminar.
Urging government department heads to take heed of the abilities of the disabled, Noraini said the department hoped 90% of the agencies would fill the 1% quota by 2012.
“It may be a tall order but we will work aggressively towards that,” she added.
Noraini said the private sector fared better when dealing with disabled people with over 17,000 having been employed.
To help mediate between disabled persons and prospective employers, the department has established a job coaching system.
“We hope to have a job coach for each state in the country,” she said, adding that five coaches were currently undergoing training in Japan.
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