Patna, July 21 -- Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary announced in the Legislative Assembly today that teachers would be deputed to the Dr. Ambedkar residential schools within a month.

Intervening in the reply of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Welfare Minister Lakendra Kumar Roshan to a related question of JDU member Shyam Rajak, Choudhary admitted that the shortage of teachers in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Residential Schools is a "serious issue" and directed the Education Department to take immediate steps to address the problem.

The Chief Minister said the concern raised by the legislator was genuine and instructed the department to ensure that schools facing an acute shortage of teachers are provided faculty through deputation within on...