Kathmandu, Oct. 23 -- The dispute over teacher appointment at the local level has refused to die down, as local governments have started the recruitment process ignoring the directive from the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority.

The constitutional anti-graft body last week barred the local governments from appointing teachers at government schools, citing the absence of a legal provision for the same. Acting on a complaint registered against the appointment of teachers by the Jagarnathpur Rural Municipality in Parsa, which said local governments were not following the education regulations, the watchdog took a corrective decision and notified the federal government about it.

The rural municipality chairperson had appoint...