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[lmbeharry]

Re: UEIS

Be very careful about this organization. The facility advertises to teachers and parents that they present a British curriculum for the benefit of the students. This is untrue. The school has (at present) not created such a curriculum, nor do they have any necessary texts for this curriculum. In my view, they are scamming away several hundreds of thousands of dollars USD every year while overworking their teachers to produce and baby sit.

I am just finishing out my contract term with them. The Director Ali is dishonest and lies as a rule.

If anyone has interest, contact me at [email protected] and I can present a letter I am drafting to the Mongolia Ministry of Education and The Embassy of Great Britain and The United Kingdom to Mongolia.

All the best to you all. I hope prospective teachers to this school check this board first before applying to the Ulaanbaatar Elite International School (UEIS).

Regards.
Lyndon

P.S. Some More Details:
ULAANBAATAR ELITE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (UEIS).

This is the short version:
The school is located on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar.
The facility (which hosts over 100 students) is stationed on the top floor of a large four-story warehouse-shaped building. The environment is unhealthy, the playground is unhealthy. The scene is is conceptually a prison "lockdown" that we have seen in movies.
Ten teachers are forced to share one room - about 4 meters X 2.5 meters.
All teachers (about 20) share one computer with internet access. Access to the computer lab is restricted.

The teaching week: 26 hours

The school does not have textbooks for many (if not most) of the students

In 2006, I entered with a group of five foreign teachers, as all of the previous year's teachers had failed to renew their contract. That is 100% turnover in 2006. This summer, all teachers are leaving (except the two Americans who unfortunately started their contract in December). I expect that they will also leave in December. This, again, is 100% turnover.

The teaching week: 26 hours
In addition, the school expects teachers to forego evening personal time by attending study sessions with the students at the dormitory. (4 hours each week)
In addition, the teachers have to give up weekend time for:
Student outings (about one or two each quarter for a full Saturday - intense pressure to attend)
Teacher outings (one or two each quarter for a full Saturday)
Parents meetings and the like. (one each quarter - Basically a full Saturday) - AFTER THESE MEETINGS, NOT TOO MUCH WEEKEND TIME REMAINING!

I taught the following:
World History (grades 4-11)
World Geography (grades 4-11)
Economics (grade 10)
International Business (grade 11)

The school had non-existent or insufficient books so I improvised and spent upwards of 60-70 hours each week on preparation and teaching time.

You will have approximately 5 minutes to hustle between classes, change your game face from 4th to 10th or eleventh grade (very stressful).

The pay: $900 per month.

Don't get me wrong. I don't do this for the money, I do this for the children. But I advise you - stay away from this place. For a $3000 tuition, ALI YILMAZ DIRECTOR, should do some work.

He has proven himself to be a liar to me (I can show you his emails and my responses). And I believe he is a thief as well. Clearly he is not using tuition money to benefit his business by producing for the children.

Contact me by email (or PM) if you need additional information.

[namdak]

Thank you for this summary.

It helps!