Commissioner Secretary, School Education and Social Welfare Department, Hirdesh Kumar and Secretary Relief, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Disaster Management Department, Simrandeep Singh listened to public grievances in a public hearing held here today.A number of deputations and individuals from across Jammu & Kashmir and far flung areas of Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Udhampur, Akhnoor, Reasi, Poonch, Doda, Anantnag, Budgam and Kupwara interacted with the Administrative Secretaries and projected their issues and concerns seeking an early redressal to the same.A deputation of Jammu Kashmir Teacher Forum (JKTF) demanded rationalization of teaching staff in hilly and far flung rural areas on the basis of student enrolment as most of the schools are suffering badly due to lack of adequate teaching staff besides creation of post of Masters working as Head teachers in the erstwhile SSA upgraded Middle Schools.A deputation from Jammu and Kashmir United School Teacher Association (USTA) demanded introduction of pre-primary classes with infrastructure in all schools, regularization of all in-charge Lecturers, Headmasters, ZEOs and Principals who are working in their own pay and grade since long besides filling up of vacant posts of Masters, Headmasters, ZEOs, Lecturers and Principal through DPC.Meanwhile, a large number of individuals met the Administrative Secretaries and highlighted their demands regarding compensation, promotions in teaching faculties, transfers in education department, payment of pending relief for migrants etc.The Administrative Secretaries assured the deputations that all the issues projected by them would be sorted out on priority basis.They also gave on the spot directions to the concerned authorities for speedy redressal of people’s grievances.Commissioner, Relief and Rehabilitation (M) J&K, T K Bhat, Deputy Commissioner Relief and Rehabilitation (M) Jammu, Deepika Rana, Special Secretary Social Welfare Department, Tasaduq Jeelani, Joint Director Education, Showkat Malik besides other senior officers of concerned departments were present on the occasion.