Benjamin Eqbal

I am a Singaporean ( married to a Malaysian) with over 33 years of teaching experience in many different countries, with a 2 year career with the Princeton Review in Singapore as a Senior Teacher and Master Trainer , a year as an entrepreneur running my own school in Bangkok ,as the Course and Program Director of Sara Beattie Learning Center and  as the Director of International House KL and Jakarta. I have successfully managed and taught in many schools doing diverse programs to almost every of strata of society.  My experience includes teaching GMAT, SAT, GRE [ Verbal and essay writing],TOEFL, MCAT( Verbal), LSAT and English as a second and foreign language, executive courses[ business writing, assertive training, presentation skills] and training teachers both for EFL classes as well as GMAT courses. In the last  13 years, I have worked with students with their applications for their undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate degrees on the US, UK, Europe and Australia. This includes both the test preparation, working on their application essays and preparing them for their interviews.  

DIRECTOR with extensive experience in managing and motivating departments through significant change within world-class branded educational institutions, backed by 31 years of teaching experience in English Language and test preparation programmes, and Admission Consulting using innovative and effective teaching methodologies.

DTEFLA, written and practical (1998)

​- through International House, Budapest, Hungary

University of Cambridge, English Faculty – CTEFLA, full (1994)

​- through International House, Cairo, Egypt (1994)

Ang Mo Kio Secondary School, Singapore (1981 – 1983)

​- Passed G.C.E. ‘A” Levels