502 APPENDIX T, PAGES. 111. A resident medical officer with public health experience should be appointed at Giridih, and the health staff completely re- organised ’s ‘a ‘se .e vs i vs 112. Compulsory primary education should be introduced in the noalfields . . i. .. . . vs 113. Percentage grants might be given to Boards of Health and Welfare for approved activities in relation to health, welfare and edu- cation .n . va - .e 114. The Salt Department and the Punjab Government should co-operate with a view to the introduction of compulsory education in the Salt Range .s “e va a .s 5 CrAprER IX. —RAILWAYS. 115. Registers should be kept of all workers appointed to the en- gineering department, appointments and dimissals being reported for entry. The registers should be examined regularly by administrative and personnel officers .. .. .. os .s we 116. Similar procedure should be adopted for the transportation and commercial departments ve et . 5 as is 117. The system of selection boards or committees should be used for selecting firemen, shunters and drivers for appointment and promo- tion, and should be put into force on all railways for both recruitment and promotion of categories classed as literate and those in which employees start as apprentices _- 2 3% - 118, Sons and near relations of railway servants have a special claim to enter the service and wherever possible facilities for suitable education and training should be afforded them .. .e 119. In mechanical workshops the system of recruitment through labour bureaux is capable of development and together with the sys- tem of selection boards or committees would go far to remove grounds of complaint of favouritism and bribery in regard to recruitment and promotion »e 23 os Pp .. ie ce 120. All new entrants should be handed a printed statement of their duties and rights in the service, with a specific warning as to bribery .. 121. (a) Workers required, after confirmation, to undergo a further medical examination should have the right to be examined, if they desire, by an independent specialist. (8) Should a worker be adjudged medically unfit for a par- ticular post, every effort should be made to find him other work ,e 122. In regard to racial discrimination, definite steps should now be taken which will lead in a specified term of years to the progressive slimination of any form of discrimination as regards both appoint- ments and promotions to all grades and classes .. - ve 123. The whole subject of the leave rules should continue to be sxamined in consultation with representatives of the workers . 124. The Administration should endeavour to maintain leave reserves adequate to meet requirements spread over the year. . ve 125. The claims of low-paid workers to improved wage standards should continue to receive careful consideration from the Railway Board and the Administrations .. Po . .. . 126. After 12 months’ continuous service, all employees should be monthly rated and as soon as possible made eligible for all service privi- leges which that carries .. .. . se oe 127. Enquiries now in progress should be extended to cover the comparative merits of the system of time-scales and that of beginners’. rates increasing within a short period to fixed standard rates wy 134 134 134 125 189 "139 139 139-40 140 141 141 143 144 145 150 150 150