A Premier Place to Prepare for IELTS Exam in Uzbekistan - Mastermind.uz

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, November 23, 2015 (Newswire.com) - ​​Uzbekistan has set clear agenda of increasing usage of English among its population with the aim of reducing Russian language's dominance and making the country more open to globalization. For example, recent decrees of the government promote increased usage of English in school and university curricula, and requires teaching staff to switch their medium of instruction to English within clearly set deadlines. 

Not satisfactory quality of instruction at secondary schools gave a rise to a whole new industry of private English teaching organizations. These organizations can be put into a spectrum ranging from broad study centers on the one extreme who teach anything that can be taught. I.e, in addition to English, they teach 10 other languages, as well as sewing, cooking, hairdressing, computing, etc. These schools tend to be highly mismanaged with extremely high staff turnover, and lack of specialisation and very poor quality of tuition. On the other extreme, there are private tutors that do one-to-one classes with students. These tend to be quite expensive for the family budget, only selected number of parents can afford their fees.

Highly recommend this Study Center. Based on my experience of working within education sphere and seeing how various centers operate within the city, this one is among the few ones which engages highly qualified personnel who know their job pretty well.

S. Inoyatova, Manager, Quality Assurance, MDIST

The raison d’être of establishing Mastermind was to provide access to highly reputable and experienced English teachers at affordable rates, overcoming hefty fees charged by professionals and their being available for a selected few, who could afford it.", says Muhtor Doniyorov, General Director of Mastermind. "Opaqueness of the language centers, difficulty in assessing the level of proficiency of the teaching staff, lack of information about available options among students and especially their parents in this sector was a powerful catalyst for our establishment" adds Mr Doniyorov.  

Mastermind is a fully licensed non-governmental educational establishment, with clear focus of teaching English for people who would like to pass international tests and examinations in English, such as IELTS, TOEFL, CEFRL, GMAT verbal, etc. It has strong pool of teaching professionals network, which have necessary qualifications themselves on a particular test and have at least 5 years of teaching experience and an overseas degree (UK, USA, Australian, etc). It is also one of the few places in Uzbekistan where native English speakers conduct classes. 

Mastermind has developed unique methodology which enables its listeners to upgrade their English from Elementary to Advanced user within 9 months. According to Mr Donitorov, "The methodology is confidential, however it clear for students that we focus on excessive vocabulary building and introduce sessions on Accent softening (British Accent building), psychology and cultural awareness". It also focuses on greater use of technology in the classroom, as teachers require their students using special apps and online portal for homework and information sharing.