Ranchi, April 18 -- The Jharkhand High Court has reprimanded the state government for the huge shortage of teachers in schools and said that appointments should be made to all the vacant posts within 2 to 3 months, so that children can get better education in the next academic session. This direction was given by a bench headed by Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao during the

A bench of Chief Justice M S Ramachandra Rao and Justice Rajesh Shankar were hearing a PIL filed byJean Drezeon lack of teachers in govt schools. Department of school education secretary Umashankar Singh was also present in the court for the hearing.

The Education Department had told the court on April 8 that 26,000 teachers would be appointed soon, in which transparen...