Now I will say that there are many cultural differences between how Westerners and Easterners communicate so perhaps they were just not very clear with you with what the "next steps" would be. I have had many communication problems such as these

Well, if this really is a decent organisation, then why don't you advise your management how to place a job offer that makes sense to everybody. I would not trust any job offer that does not contain any details like job description, requirements re the job applicant's educational and professional profile, and on what the school offers in return. If they are unspecific about that, then why should anyone from abroad bother to go there only to finally end up in any mess of a so-called "school" that is perhaps run by grocery shop owners - in other words, people incompetent in the educational sector.

BTW, I have heard about a "school" in the Maldives with a high turnover rate of foreign teachers, many unhappy teachers constantly leaving and coming in because of non-payment, payment not on time and/or in full and an absolute disorganised management causing a lot of mess over there.

Is that perhaps the "school" you are working for? If so, I would prefer to teach polar bears in Antarctica or penguins in America, but I would avoid the sunny Maledives like hell...hehehe!