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EPIK English Teacher, Spring 2027 intake

EPIK (English Program in Korea), National Institute for International Education, Korean Ministry of Education, South Korea

Open. No closing date published. No fee to apply Last checked 23 Sep

At a glance

Deadline: Open. No closing date published.
Fee: No fee to apply
Who may apply: citizen of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States or South Africa (Indian citizens under CEPA with an English teaching certificate)
a bachelor's degree from an accredited university
Where: A public school in South Korea, placed by a provincial or metropolitan office of education

A one-year contract teaching English in a Korean public school, placed by a provincial or metropolitan office of education. South African citizens are one of the nationalities EPIK accepts, and the Spring 2027 intake is taking applications now for a late-February start.

The facts

What you get: Monthly salary from 2.1 million to 2.8 million KRW depending on level and region; housing provided by the office of education; settlement allowance 300,000 KRW; entrance allowance 1,800,000 KRW; completion bonus 1,300,000 KRW per contract; severance of about one month's salary; employer pays 50% of medical insurance premiums.
Where: A public school in South Korea, placed by a provincial or metropolitan office of education
How long: One calendar year, renewable by mutual agreement; Spring 2027 contracts start in late February

Where you stand

This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.

What they ask for

citizen of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States or South Africa (Indian citizens under CEPA with an English teaching certificate)
a bachelor's degree from an accredited university
a TEFL, TESOL or CELTA certificate of at least 100 hours, unless your degree is in education
schooling in English from grade 7 onward; South African applicants send letters from their schools proving English was the language of instruction with the first application
you apply online through the EPIK application portal, followed by an interview and a document package

Get ready to apply

Built only from what this listing states.

A short application, by our reading.

1. What to get ready

It asks for something outside the usual documents; read it below.

In their words: “The online application form; after a successful interview, the full required documents package (for South Africans, letters from every school attended from grade 7 confirming English was the language of instruction, submitted with the initial application).”

2. Dates

No closing date is stated.
Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice
On the date, the listing says: The Apply page says 'The Spring 2027 application is now available!' and that EPIK processes 'applications in the order that we receive them'. The Application Timeline page gives the application period as 'Aug - Jan', with contracts starting in late February.

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How to apply

You apply on EPIK (English Program in Korea), National Institute for International Education, Korean Ministry of Education, South Korea's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.

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How we checked this

This was opened and verified at EPIK (English Program in Korea), National Institute for International Education, Korean Ministry of Education, South Korea's own website on 23 September 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.