Meet Benjamin Eqbal
Coaching Specialist | Senior Mentor |Educational Business Development and Operations Manager
31 years in educationBenjamin has spent 31 years teaching, training teachers and leading schools and education businesses.
5 countries taught or led inHe has taught or led education teams in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Egypt and the Czech Republic, so he understands how different school systems work.
3 admissions systemsHe guides families through university applications for the US, the UK and Singapore, and knows what each system looks for.
International Coaching Federation (ICF) coach286 coaching hours and counting.
Built the Garuda teacher-training frameworkSet the teaching standard across international school networks.
US, UK & Singapore admissions counsellorTeaching and admissions roles with The Princeton Review, Singapore and KL.
Owner, Benefit PrepLed an education business in Kuala Lumpur for 14 years.
Former Head of Education & Director of StudiesHTI Singapore; Director of Studies across KL and Jakarta.
Trained crisis counsellorFrontline crisis counselling in two countries; trained in psychosocial intervention.
“The strongest application isn’t the most polished one; it’s the most honest one.”
Benjamin Eqbal
From Uncertainty to a Clear Plan
Benjamin helps families move from uncertainty about the road ahead to a clear, confident plan, from choosing the right curriculum to landing the right university place.
Benjamin starts with where a student is, where they want to go, and the honest story that connects the two, then builds the plan around it. His crisis-counselling background means he stays calm when the stakes, and the pressure, are high.
The Methodology
My Teaching Philosophy
I believe every student deserves to carve their own path. Drawing on my background as a crisis counsellor and an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified coach, I help students move past perfectionism to find their authentic voices.
Discover: We separate what parents, school and society expect from what truly motivates the student, then map it to clear milestones.
Develop: We dig past the list of achievements to the turning points and setbacks that make each student’s story their own, and shape it into essays they can stand behind.
Rehearse: Recorded, analysed mock interviews train students to look, speak and own the room.
Beyond Teaching
I am an ICF Certified Coach with more than 30 years of experience across corporate, entrepreneurial and academic settings.
Crisis counsellor: Seven years supporting people through crises in Singapore and Cairo. It is the anchor of how I teach.
Leadership coach: I coach second-generation family business leaders and corporate heads of department through transitions and on executive presence.
Learning architect: I have designed and grown education and corporate learning programmes using the same methodology I use with students.
Why Students Enjoy My Lessons
Students feel safe being honest in my sessions, and that honesty is where real progress starts.
A calm, safe space: I bring a trained counsellor’s calm and care to every lesson, so pressure and perfectionism can be talked through, not hidden.
Their voice, not mine: Essays and answers stay authentically theirs, so students can stand behind every word.
Ready for the real room: After recorded mock interviews, students walk into admissions interviews already knowing how to own the room.
How may we support
your child’s journey?
Our mentors are here to listen and help you define the path forward.
To protect the quality of our uncompromised 1-to-1 care, every mentor at Scholars Hall maintains a strictly capped personal caseload of active scholars. You may review our current mentorship fee structures here.
Speak directly with a consultant to learn more about mentorship with Benjamin Eqbal.