South Africa Schools for TEFL Teachers

Schools in South Africa , Types of South Africa Schools where ESL teachers can teach.

There are public, private and international schools in South Africa. The central governments control the policies of the schools. Though, public schools are more under government control than the public schools and the universities. The schools have to follow certain rules and regulations. ESL teachers in Africa are hired in both private and public schools. General Education is for 13 years then the students move on to further and higher education respectively. There are also a number of International schools in South Africa. It is mostly for emigrants from other countries or the richer section of the society. ESL teachers in these international schools are paid quite a high salary along with additional benefits.

English teaches in South Africa are hired at every level. Although, English in the native language of South Africa, people speaking other languages are quite high in number. The native African language and the Indian languages are quite common in South Africa. Thus English teachers in South Africa are hired to teach at students who are not very conversant in English. In the International schools, sometimes ESL teachers are hired for teaching all subjects.

There are also numerous language schools in South Africa especially in the cities, which mostly cater to the language needs of the corporate employees. Apart from teaching in these language schools, the teachers can also learn African languages.