Our priority is to place you in a school where you will be able to make a genuine contribution to school life. This does mean that, by Nepalese standards, the schools are relatively well resourced and managed, so do not expect to be placed at the poorest Nepalese schools.

In most of the schools you will have the option of teaching primary and secondary age children. The teaching medium in all of the placements is English. Your ability to speak and write good English is therefore a huge asset. Much of your teaching time will be spent teaching English although past volunteers have taught a range of subjects including Art, English Literature and Geography.

You can also get involved with extra curricular activities ranging from training the school choir, basketball, athletics and informally teaching local street children.

You will be placed with at least one other Oyster volunteer with whom you may wish to team up to do lessons.