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[Anacita]

Thanks, VS, and Turbster for your knowledge about the topic (and for your sense of humor). Much appreciated!

I gather that MOHE stands for Ministry of Higher Education.

So, my question is: Does the MOHE set the rules for all of the coleges and universities that teach ESL in Oman? Turbster seemed to indicate so.
But if that is the case, then where does the Ministry of Manpower fit in?

[Sirens of Cyprus]

MOHE controls the colleges of applied science, and they also have a division that controls private universities. Min of Manpower controls the colleges of technology. SQU does its own thing. There are odds and ends like the nursing schools, banking institute, etc.

[lizziebennet]

They must have lowered the requirements when I arrived, or my company must have had huge wasta because I only had an unrelated BA, a TEFL and a CELTA with 7 years experience (only 2 years college/uni experience but other adult teaching experience). Other people that were hired with me had an unrelated BA, a TESOL and no uni experience (only middle and high school or hogwon in Japan and Korea).

So far I have been approved by the MOHE for two universities now. They are both private universities so maybe that makes a difference. Fingers crossed that I will be approved again after this academic year wherever I may be

[veiledsentiments]

You were hired before this rule Lizzie. This is new in the last few months.

VS

[Ludvig Von Mises]

I once received some advise from a British teacher in Japan who mentioned an MA TESOL and a DELTA to be the virtual "gold standard" in the EFL market. Reading through these postings, it now seems far more complicated.

[oldmankit]

I read through this thread with interest, but it's quite out of date now. What is the situation now?

Also, could someone please confirm whether these rules apply to every TEFL job in Oman, not just universities/colleges? (I wonder why it would apply to private language schools.)

[nomad soul]

[Tazz]

They [ministry, recruiters, whoever] have high requirements in terms of qualifications for the teachers to come and work here-seems to me that in terms of the MOM colleges the only real requirement should be a thick skin and classroom management ability......mental level and attitude of half the students puts these jobs on a par with a korean hogwan position in terms of what's needed in class.

[pooroldedgar]

Funny you should say that. During my last class, about an hour ago, I was thinking about Omani 18 year olds and basically Korean 12 year olds, maturity wise. And that's being generous.

[oldmankit]

Thanks for the replies. Rather than hijack this thread, I've started a new one, here.

[yb713]