This is a summary in outline form of the English language teaching situation in Nepal. Among the educated Nepalese, English has for a number of years been almost a second language. Its chief uses are as a medium of instruction in certain subjects at degree level, as the principal language for the growing tourist industry and as the medium of communication between Nepalese and all foreign agencies. English is not taught at primary level (Grades 1-3) but it is compulsory through both stages of secondary education (grades 4-10), where it is allocated five periods per week, and for the greater part of the first two stages of tertiary education (Certificate and Diploma). English is compulsory for at least six semesters at the university level. A good deal of teaching at the degree level is in English. There is a great shortage of English teachers at all levels. Little progress has been made in reducing the great proportion of untrained teachers. The British Council is concentrating its efforts on the training of teachers, the integration of prescribed classroom materials into training courses and the general improvement of the materials themselves. English literature is not taught in the schools, as it is considered irrelevant for the mass of the population. (Author/CFM)