Two years ago Bòrd na Gàidhlig (BnG), the principal public body promoting and developing Gaelic, committed itself to 1600 adult learners completing a new Gaelic course by the end of next month.
It now says that cannot be achieved. It does not yet know what the final figure will be, but The Herald has established that in the Highland Council area, where around 200 people were following the course, only about a dozen have completed it.
