In Sindhuli, 46 teachers resigned amid an investigation by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) into their teaching licenses and academic certificates, with some suspected of holding fake documents. The resignations include 35 at the primary level, eight at lower secondary, and three at secondary level, with further resignations anticipated as the investigation continues. Meanwhile, stakeholders are calling for action against both the holders of fake documents and the officials responsible for their appointment.

1. 46 teachers quit in Sindhuli
As many as 46 teachers of Sindhuli district have resigned after the Commission for the
Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) started investigating their teaching licences and
academic certificates.
District Education Office sources said those who have been teaching in schools for a long time as
permanent or temporary teachers with fake licence and certificates, had resigned from the posts.
The sources added that some more resignations were expected.
As many as 35 teachers at primary level, eight lower secondary and three secondary level as well
as some relief quota teachers had resigned as they could not submit their original documents to
the authority. The DEO did not make names public.
Assistant DEO Devi Adhikari said that among the 46 teachers who resigned, 29 had been serving
in different schools in permanent status. “However, it’s not that all the teachers who resigned had
fake documents,” he said, adding that some of them had resigned due to personal reasons.
The DEO has also begun to investigate teachers’ documents, including appointment letters.
Adhikari informed that the DEO had sent the documents of teachers from nine resource centres
of the district to the CIAA regional office in Hetauda for investigation. “We have been collecting
the remaining documents of teachers from seven resource centres,” he added.
Meanwhile, stakeholders said action should be taken against fake document holders and officials
who had appointed them. They said incapable persons with fake certificates had entered the
teaching profession due to the negligence of head teachers and the school management
committee chairman.
The CIAA has been investigating the teaching licence and academic certificates of teachers
across the country after complaints was filed in the anti-graft constitutional body.