Just to clarify; do you believe that despite the written exam result - the engineer has the required level of English to complete the Foreman role effectively? Also, is your organisation ever open to supporting workers with training - such as English language training so thay they can pass the exam, without changing the role requirements?

First off, do you know for a fact this person is interested in the role of foreman? Do the requirements say anything about the language in which the exams HAVE to be completed? Don’t make a case for making him not take the tests, just see if they can make any reasonable accommodations to take the tests in a language he is proficient in.

Yes exactly. I am fully confident that he can even manage better than our existing Foreman due his skill and good atitude

This is main hindrance our all promotion exams are conducted in English. As per existing policy exam cannot be taken in other language.Do you recommend I should suggest my MD to conduct exam in our national language?

Our organization did not arrange or offer any language course.

@AhmadRaza Do you not think his weak English will affect communication in this role?

No not at all. . Because in our work centers all communication is done in our national language. Actually management has make promotion exam in english to enhance Englsh understanding better which helps to understand technical orders mainly in English

@AhmadRaza So you don't speak in English, but your exam for promotion is in English?

I have already mentioned that all exam are conducted in English to enhance Englsh understanding which is helpful to understand technical orders mainly in English

Does the company have some kind of education reimbursement policy that would enable the employee to take English classes? If he just needs enough English to pass an exam in an area that he's already very competent in that seems very doable.

Why would you want to take a superbly-competent machinist, and make a manager out of him? It requires a much different skill set, and odds are he's going to at best be average at the job. (See the Peter Principle.) I'd suggest instead trying to convince the company to pay him what he's actually worth in his present job.

As present no policy existing to promote a individual with out clearing in prescribed exam. I want to take up his case bcos I want that company must have other criteria to promote such efficient guys due to his exemplary services. Improvement of education program did not exist once individual is in service.

Please don't promote him. Do try to get a nice bonus for him though, bring him and tell him "Excellent work, the company is proud of you! Here's something for you and your family, you deserved it".

In my opinion if an efficient person get promoted it is the best reward for his services, otherwise it is continously demotivating factor for him when his course mates with relatively less skill are being promoted

25 years of working in english speaking company, and his language knowledge is weak? o0

@BЈовић: 6 years of being a Stack Exchange member, and you still don't read comments before writing one yourself? Especially before writing one of snotty ("oO") nature? [Hint: Ahmed Raza, 21 hours ago: "Because in our work centers all communication is done in our national language."]

@AhmadRaza: It really depends on the personality. Many workers are very happy to not to have to sit in pointless and endless meetings, not to have too much responsability and stress. And they get to do concrete things and do them well.

Please, what ever you do, talk to the guy first, to make sure he wants the promotion!

@phresnel For me it is still not clear. Where is the company located? Why is english required? If he knows for 25 years that the language is a big obstacle in his career development, then he doesn't deserve to get it.

@AhmadRaza He has been with you for 25 years. If he was "demotivated" by the lack of promotion, he would have left 20 years ago!

@BЈовић Op already explain even the company use the national lenguaje the manager are required to know english to handle technical orders in english.

20 years to move into management? Jesus christ, I'd just change companies and manage there instead. You wouldn't need a battery of exams for that, either.