Volunteer Teaching in Nepal

This project is perfect for anyone who wants to help children improve their English and get practical teaching experience. You’ll work alongside qualified teachers, learning the ins and outs of being an educator in a developing country. This will add a lot of value to your CV, especially if you’re interested in becoming a teacher.

Even if you’re not planning on a career in teaching, this project will teach you useful skills that you can apply to any career. These skills include planning and leadership.

No experience? No problem! You’ll be guided and assisted by a supervisor. We also run regular workshops to boost your teaching skills. You will have access to our online resources for lesson plan ideas, or resource templates.

Please note that all you need to have an intermediate level of English to join this project.

If you’re interested in teaching other subjects, contact our Project Experts. They’ll advise you on what subjects you can teach in Nepal, and whether you can teach those subjects part-time or full time.

This project runs throughout the year, and you can join at any time from a minimum of two weeks. We encourage you to stay longer to make a bigger impact at your school.

The aim of this project is to provide students from disadvantaged communities with the opportunity to learn and improve their English.

Nepal is still listed as being one of the most underprivileged countries in the world. We focus on giving students the opportunity to learn from English speakers, and supporting local teachers in the classroom. They need help improving literacy, numeracy, and classroom management. To do this, we need your help.

With your assistance, we can make sure that all of our students have the opportunity to learn English, and that we can work toward other educational goals. We’ve identified four sustainable, long-term goals we hope to achieve in Nepal:

• Improve English
• Increase literacy levels
• Increase numeracy levels
• Improve teaching techniques

Volunteer with us and gain teaching work experience in Nepal, while also helping us achieve these long-term goals.

A typical day in Nepal starts with breakfast and chat with your host family in their comfortable home. Dressed smartly, you head to your teaching placement.

Each day, you use public transport. Depending on how far your placement is from your host family home, you use public transport to get around. You can use buses, tuk-tuks and auto-rickshaws to get around the Kathmandu. During your induction on your first day, you’ll be shown how to get around using public transport.

You will work for about 6 hours each day, Monday to Friday.

On arrival at your volunteer teaching placement in Nepal, you either lesson plan with a supervising teacher, or you begin assisting in the classroom. Sing English songs, practise pronunciation, read stories, or observe teachers during class.

Each day, you’ll have between 4-5 classes, of varying levels. As you gain teaching confidence, you may be asked to lead lessons. It is also possible to teach other subjects, such as music, science, art, and sports.

During lunch, chat with Nepali teachers and get to know more about the placement and the education system in a developing country. Lessons may continue into the afternoon, or you will take on extracurricular classes. You can also use your afternoons to plan lessons and prepare materials for class.

Over the weekend, use your free time to explore. Join volunteers on a hike, explore the Himalayan mountain range, or wander through ancient temples. Whatever you do, make full use of every moment in Nepal!

Kathmandu

You will live and work in Kathmandu. The city is the largest metropolis in Nepal, and serves as its financial hub.

Your time will be spent at local primary school. Most of the students at these schools are from disadvantaged communities, and are labourers’ and farmers’ children.

You will live with a local host family, in a comfortable and safe home. You will eat meals in your host family home, and get to know the family’s daily routine. This is the perfect time to learn a few Nepali phrases, while teaching your hosts a few words from your home country.

Home to Mount Everest, snow-capped mountains, and sacred temples, Nepal is the perfect place to explore in your free time and over weekends.

Chitwan

You may also stay in Chitwan, a smaller city but one that is famed for its higher education industry. This is one of the best places to be an educator, already being home to a knowledge-seeking culture. Although known as Nepal’s medical city, it’s an important region for educating the next generation in all subject areas.

Located 60 miles from Kathmandu, you’ll be surrounded by the snow-capped mountains that Nepal is famed for. Let the natural beauty of this area inspire you in your volunteer work.