TESOL was founded in 1987.  It is a K-9 school teaching in English, whereas the national language for education in the DRC is French.  In the fall of 2007, high school was added in cooperation with the University of Nebraska.  TESOL was founded to provide education for the children of missionaries and other persons who preferred to have their children taught in English.  The kinds of families who send their children to TESOL include:

    Missionaries

    Diplomats

    Business people

    NGO workers

Since 1987 we have been located on the grounds of the French School, and for many years we leased additional classrooms from the French Embassy after the French School closed in 1991.  A new French School opened in September 2009, with both schools sharing the campus.