KATHMANDU-Nearly 1,800 public school teachers quit their job after the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) started investigating the authenticity of academic certificates of government school teachers since September last year.
According to a report of the Department of Education (DoE) that was submitted to the CIAA on Friday, 1,796 teachers resigned between September, 2014 and February, 2015. Among the teachers who resigned during the period, 1,330 were from primary schools, 274 from lower secondary schools, and 192 were from secondary schools. Palpa district witnessed the highest number of resignation with 93 teachers leaving the service followed by Tanahun (83), Gorkha (80), Sindhupalchok (67), and Surkhet (62). Seventy-three teachers quit their job at various schools inside Kathmandu Valley.
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