Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter Dr Michael Dowlath on Tues­day met with the As­so­ci­a­tion of De­nom­i­na­tion­al Boards of Ed­u­ca­tion (ADBE), just days af­ter the as­so­ci­a­tion’s call for talks was high­light­ed in the me­dia.

ADBE chair­per­son Sharon Man­groo told Guardian Me­dia the meet­ing was “very pro­duc­tive.” She said the as­so­ci­a­tion had orig­i­nal­ly been sched­uled to meet with the min­istry’s Per­ma­nent Sec­re­tary, but was pleas­ant­ly sur­prised that Dowlath at­tend­ed in­stead.

One of the main is­sues dis­cussed was the short­age of teach­ers at schools un­der the as­so­ci­a­tion’s purview. Man­groo said the ADBE agreed to part­ner with the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion to ad­dress staffing gaps.