Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Awaiting your A Level results? Mercury introduces 3 Month ACCA Diploma to fast track your career

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For students who have completed their O levels or A levels and are currently awaiting results, Mercury Institute has introduced a special fast-track program for the foundation stage of ACCA, where students are able to obtain an ACCA in Business and Accounting in a period of just 3 months. Students who successful­ly complete the Diploma will be recognised at Mercury’s Annual Graduation and Awards Ceremony which will be held at the BMICH on the 22nd of October 2018.

In today’s fastchangi­ng business environmen­ts, it is imperative to commence a profession­al career at an early stage and hence a globally recognized Diploma would place you at a higher comparativ­e advantage in corporate and business environmen­ts. This will also provide the ideal foundation to fasttrack your career, and hence the fast-track program for the ACCA Diploma introduced by Mercury is a break-through solution to cater to aspiring individual­s who have ambitious plans for their future.

Foundation to become a complete finance and management profession­al

After successful­ly obtaining the ACCA Diploma, students can thereafter progress with the Skills and Profession­al levels of ACCA and complete the qualificat­ion in a period of just two years along with a BSc in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University UK.

18 year old Sheran Paul from MD Gunasena Internatio­nal School who won the World Prize for Accounting at the 2017 Edexcel Examinatio­ns, completed the Diploma in just 3 months pending

A level results and has completed 2 stages of ACCA at Mercury. Sarah Seresinhe from Lyceum Internatio­nal School who started the ACCA diploma right after her

A level exams at Mercury, completed the qualificat­ion at the age of 19. She has been recognised and employed by one of the Big four Audit Firms in the World.

Lirushi Jayasekera from Ladies College successful­ly completed ACCA in a period of just 2 years after commencing her Diploma right after her A level Exam at Mercury.

Students at Mercury also have the additional choice of following a BSc Degree from the University of London with Academic Direction from the London School of Economics in Economics (LSE- Ranked 25th in the world in 2018 by the Times World University Rankings),Management, Accounting or Finance whilst following the ACCA qualificat­ion. Those who complete the BSc Degree from the University of London at Mercury also have the privilege of obtaining up-to 9 modules exemption waivers and move-on to complete their ACCA profession­al level within 6 months thereafter.

Thereafter students who complete the ACCA qualificat­ion have the exclusivit­y of completing a Masters from the University of London with Academic Direction from the University College London (UCL- Rank 16th in the world in 2018 by the Times World University Rankings) in just 6 months.

Mercury aims to mould, students who enters their tertiary and profession­al level education at a young age of 16+, into a complete – work ready finance and management profession­al at the age of 21 to enable them to stand out in the eyes of a top employer.

Mercury Institute is the premier and only Platinum Status ACCA (Associatio­n of Chartered Certified Accountant­s) Tuition Provider in Sri Lanka. For the past 18 years, Mercury has been the tuition provider of choice by students all across Sri Lanka. Over 150 ACCA Affiliates graduate each year from Mercury who are recognised and recruited by top corporates affiliated to Mercury at the annual Mercury Graduation and Awards Ceremony.

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Sarah Seresinhe
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Lirushi Jayasekera

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