Salary & Benefits - NEPAL

In Nepal the salary of the TESOL trained Teachers teaching English in various Nepal schools would be around 250-300 USD per month. This would mean about 12000 NPR and more, which is decent enough to live a comfortable life in Nepal. Yet the salary would depend solely on the type of organization one is working with. Most schools pay a salary per month for a full time job, few may have option of part time jobs and pay may vary.

Besides salary some schools may provide with free accommodation, and meals, even arrange airport transfers. A room arranged may either be shared or single, probably in an apartment with other teachers. It may or may not be on the school’s premises. Rented accommodations or home stays may be arranged with prior notice within a budget of $100 a month.

Nepali people are extremely hospitable and Native speaking English teachers will be well looked after. However the accommodation will be typically Nepali and therefore basic by Western standards. Toilets and showers are usually Nepali style and the electricity supply in Kathmandu is unreliable with scheduled 3 hour power outages for much of the year.

Though food is offered with accommodation by some schools, yet it is not difficult to find food of one’s choice in Kathmandu. Plenty of eateries around ensure clean, hygienic food for about $ 50 to $ 80 a month.

The TESOL Certificate course from ATI empowers its students with decent English teaching Jobs at any international locations. American TESOL Institute provides an internationally recognized TEFL certificate, which is fast becoming a prerequisite for an English Teaching job anywhere in the world. The TESOL certificate course, Nepal, helps the trainee teachers acquire jobs as English teachers in Schools of Nepal. It also facilitates teaching conversational English in the local schools; creating awareness about basic health issue; environmental issues, sanitation issues, building business skills and self-confidence. They also benefit from cross-cultural experiences through the home-stay program.

A TESOL certificate often acts as a gateway to professions around the world in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). These teachers may move on to become senior teachers, directors of study, teacher trainers, linguists or researchers.