Teaching English in Nepal
Project At A Glance |
Location: Kathmandu, Chitwan
Start point: Kathmandu
End Point: Kathmandu
Duration: 2-12 weeks
Hours: 30-40 hours per week
Food: Local food (3 times a day)
Room: Host family or hostel
Date: First and Third Monday of each month |
Project Summary
The English teaching project covers teaching in several Government schools in Kathmandu . In Nepal, English does not form part of the primary school curriculum in public school. Many poor kids can not afford private English education and go on to higher schools with little knowledge of Basic English. You role as a volunteer can make a difference in these children's lives, many who dream of speaking English.
Skill/Qualification
Though no teaching experience or skill is needed, volunteers joining the teaching program in Nepal should have good English, both written and verbal. Volunteers are expected to be flexible and patient. You should have passion and love for teaching, English and conversation.
 Volunteers responsibilities:
Volunteer in the teaching English project in Nepal mostly teach conversational English (2-3 hours a day) in public or private school for six days a week. Most of the students of the school are between the ages of 6 and 13. Volunteers will be assisted by other teachers of the schools. In your free time, you can organize games, drawing, singing, dancing, and other creative education and extra curricular activities. Volunteers help is also expected to take kids on educational tours, helping them with homework, to monitor academic progress, and in administration.
In Nepal , there is one English teacher in each school who follows fixed English curricula. So, you will mostly follow fixed English curricula (each grade has its own English book). You can work as a main teacher or assistant to main English teacher depending up on your confidence level and teaching experience.
Room/Food
IFRE arranges room, food, and supervision for volunteer from the start to the end of program. During first week of language and cultural program, volunteers stay in our hostel in Kathmandu . Our hostel in Kathmandu is located in the heart of the city giving easy access to volunteer to all parts of the city. In hostel, we have 2 experienced cooks. Our cooks make Nepali food (very near to Indian food and includes wheat bread, rice, curry, Dal, chapatti, pickle) for you. As a part of language and cultural program, you will stay for 2-3 days in a host family where your host will cook food for you.
During teaching English project, volunteers will stay in a host family. You will be either staying near to the school or you will commute to school by bi-cycle every day. Host families will offer a separate room but you will share bath room and rest room with host family. You can find the details of arrangement for room/food in placement sheets provided you. IFRE maintains 2 offices in Kathmandu and Chitwan to supervise and help volunteers. However, volunteers working in Pokhara will stay in touch with Kathmandu office by telephone or through email correspondence. |
