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EFL Educator · Joined: 17 Jul 2013 Posts: 988 Location: Cape Town

My EFL colleagues tell me Brunei is a great place to teach English...and the salaries are comparable to the GULF. Good luck! Very Happy

Prof.Gringo · Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:59 am Post subject:

zootalaws · Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 46

If you are a primary teacher you will be teaching Pra (new entrants) on your own -I.e the only European teacher in the school. If secondary, you will be one of 3-5,6,7 foreign teachers.

The money's ok -from $4000 - $6000 with housing, education and bonus on top of that.

Cfbt haven't revised any of their allowances or wages for years and it's hard to get a decent house on what they are paying and their education allowance is way below what the international schools charge.

We live a frugal lifestyle and are banking £2000/month into investments/savings.

It's extremely quiet here. Thee is a bit of an expat culture, if you live in the right place, but we are a long way off the beaten track and as the stay-at-home spouse, I can go weeks without seeing anyone except my wife.

The last few job fairs for Cfbt haven't returned many candidates willing to work here and a lot of staff turnover means that if you have the qualifications, you shouldn't have much trouble landing a job.