ESL Jobs in Kyrgyzstan Teach English in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and the People's Republic of China to the southeast. Kyrgyzstan means the "Land of Forty Tribes". According to July 2005 estimates, the population was 5,264,000 with the majority (76.1 percent) being Muslims.

Since it's split from the unified USSR, Kyrgyzstan and the rest of the former Russian states have seen a large increase in demand for foriegn English teachers to teach in their country. While Russian has remained the first language after it's split, the population of Kyrgyzstan are aware of the importance of learning English and many are wishing to do so.

English is a complusory course from early in school, and there are also private language schools in the capital Bishkek (e.g. The London School), and also the British Council has an office there as well.

Interested English teacher however face the difficulty of obtaining a visa, which with the heavily beaucratic government process for such things, can prove exceptionally difficuly. Many schools try to go around this, but we very carfeul if you are thinking of teaching there illegally, and the the repercussions it could spell. Definetely make sure that you have done your homework in the visa department, before going. For other areas, most positions are volunteer in nature.

Interested English teacher however face the difficulty of obtaining a visa, which with the heavily beaucratic government process for such things, can prove exceptionally difficuly. Many schools try to go around this, but we very carfeul if you are thinking of teaching there illegally, and the the repercussions it could spell. Definetely make sure that you have done your homework in the visa department, before going.