Mentors' Education: Company Profile

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Background & History Organization Profile Mission Statement The Clients Services Offered Academic & Administrative Structure Publications Partners Overall Competitive Advantages in the Market

Background

One of the most reputed educational institution for university admission consulting and coaching in Bangladesh

Also provides the best preparation programs for standardized tests, GED and GCE O & A Level examinations

Offers vibrant and inspirational learning environment

Since it’s establishment in 1996, Mentors’ students have continuously registered excellent results in their tests

Excellent pool of teachers, detailed courseware, highest number of practice tests lead towards planned preparation

Dedicated and interactive instructions in small classroom setting for personal care ensure best result for students

Has an extremely efficient management with a vision for continuous improvement

Program planning, courseware, official website and services are continually updated to remain at the fore-front of quality service

It has one of the most dynamic foreign admission counseling programs in the country with an extensive database

Mentors’ was co-founded in 1996 by Mr. Syed Khairul Hassan and Mr. Nasim Ahmed

The co-founders were classmates and planned to start a business to target a very niche market of that time

Initially, they concentrated on building a service that would cater to people interested to get into IBA

Mentors’ succeeded in attracting a large pool of students through excellent marketing strategies and continued to do so with high quality of service

Mentors’ became the leading brand in the market

Mentors’ started offering preparation courses for other examinations like SAT, TOEFL, IELTS, GMAT, GRE and became the market leader

In 2002, Mentors’ started offering free counselling to its students for foreign admission and visa advice provisions

After getting affiliated with a number of institutes from the UK, Mentors’ became a big player in the UK admission service providing market of Bangladesh

Syed Khairul Hassan, Chief Executive Officer Anindya Chowdhury, Director, Operations Head Office: Kalabagan, Dhaka-1205,

Bangladesh

Branches: Total of 12 Branches 3 in Dhaka 9 other throughout the

country◦ Chittagong◦ Khulna◦ Sylhet◦ Moulvibazar◦ Rangpur◦ Habiganj◦ Mymensingh◦ Brahmanbaria◦ Narsingdi

Number of Students (last year) : 5200 Number of Academic Staffs : 87 Number of Administrative Staffs : 52 Number of Courses : 12 Number of Affiliation : 13 Approximate Growth Rate (per year) : 17%

“We at Mentors’ Education are not here to do business only, though businessmen we are, but to serve as well, as sincere service is what we provide, and to thrive with, and only with, the learners of Bangladesh and leave the mark of our national progression on the global landscape”

Students and professionals who either want to pursue higher studies both home and abroad

Students who aspire to get into IBA and other private universities

Students who want to develop their English language skills

Students preparing themselves for GCE O’ and A’ levels.

Academic Services:

Preparation courses for standardized tests- ◦ IELTS, SAT, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT

Admission test preparation courses- ◦ BBA, MBA, EMBA

Academic courses for O’ level After School Coaching (Class III-IX) Basic Spoken English course

Foreign Education Counseling:

Represents a number of universities and colleges in:◦UK◦USA, Canada◦Australlia, New Zealand◦Singapore, Malaysia

The academic department of Mentors’ is led by the Director, Operations

There are course coordinators for different courses which ensures effective management and supervision

The coordinators deal with the teachers for assigning classes, reviewing performances, getting feedback from the students about the teacher and the course materials

Unique feedback system◦ Evaluation of teachers

R&D Team◦ Working under the Assistant Director, Academics◦ Responsible for development and updating of the course

materials Academic team members are minimum graduates

from reputed local/foreign universities with subject-specific teaching background and experience

Led by the Director, Operations An Office Manager for the head

office and Branch Managers for different branches

Three other counsellors in the head office and at least one counsellor in each branch

The Office and Branch managers: Accounting and HR aspects

Counsellors: Admission, counselling, class management etc

A business development team led by the Business Development Manager who works under close supervision of the CEO

The goal of this team is to generate new business ideas, execute plans for new business promotions, keeping liaison with the branches, arranging seminars etc

A hands on administrative structure that maintains close supervision of all operation details ensures consistency and efficiency of Mentors’ as a competitive organization

MBA Admission Test Preparation Guide (15th Edition)

BBA Admission Test Preparation Guide (10th Edition)

Private University Admission Test Preparation Guide (10th Edition)

IELTS Listening Practice Book

IELTS Listening Work Book

IELTS Speaking Interview Preparation Book

Foundation English (in-house use only)

PartnersPartners

University of Dundee Scotland, UK

University of Abertay Dundee Scotland, UK

The Organisation for Tourism and Hospitality

Management (OTHM) UK

Newcastle College UK

Dundee College Scotland, UK

Ethames Graduate School London, UK

Finance Business Training Birmingham, UK

London Trinity College London, UK

Holmes Institute Sydney, Australia

Centennial College Toronto, Canada

Wichita State University Wichita, USA

TIMS Tourism Management Institute of Singapore,

Singapore

PSB Academy Singapore

Mentors’ Office

Foreign Admission Office

Highest success rates for students The most effective and dynamic curriculum for test

preparation in the country Highly qualified pool of instructors and counselors Extremely efficient and sustainable academic & administrative

structure The most extensive database for foreign admission counseling

in the country