Sterling performance by Mercury Institute at the ACCA examinations

emphasized, in the Sri Lanka President’s vision for making Sri Lanka a knowledge hub of Asia.

Prof. Gunapala Nanayakkara (founder director of PIM – 1986-2007) reminded that international standards in higher education and research are the essential guidelines for developing quality of education and research in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. With the hard work already done, he said, that the next steps will include a joint international research conference in Colombo in June 2014, and the introduction of an international journal of Business Research.

The group of doctoral students, consisting CEOs of business and senior managers and university faculty members, formally presented their thesis proposals to panels of assessors at OUM. The study program, stretched over 8 days, also included two workshops, three industry visits including the Malaysia Technology Park, and a city tour. The new batch of doctoral students and MBA students of GSM will have a study tour of OUM in November this year.

Among the doctoral thesis proposals were topics in Organizational leadership, Talent management, HR architecture, Organizational culture and sustainability, Strategy in tourism, Administrative reforms and innovations in public sector, Export strategy of SMEs, Role of human capital in FDI, Business strategy alignment with IS and IT, Entrepreneur personality, Leader communication and culture, Corporate image building, Academic brain drain in higher education, Taxation and capital formation, and Role of private sector in Post- Civil War reconstruction. These papers culminated nearly one year of study and research work by the candidates at GSM under the guidance of its faculty and supervisors.

At the invitation of the Hon. Minister of Environment, the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Mr. Ibrahim Ansar hosted the visitors, OUM staff, and representatives of the Malaysia Chamber of Commerce at dinner at the High Commission residence in KL. Welcoming the invitees, the High Commissioner solicited the support of the business community to foster economic relations with Sri Lanka. And, he envisioned the relationship of research studies by doctoral candidates to exploration of business opportunities in both countries.

Mercury Institute of Management the only platinum accredited ACCA tuition provider in Sri Lanka carried away 10 out of 13 prizes for the recently concluded ACCA examinations held for June 2013.

With 3 of the 13 prize winners being students involved in self study, the balance 10 students were from Mercury Institute.

This session included five out of six award winners for the level 2 and five out of seven award winners for level 3 in ACCA. The winner of the Best Global Affiliate Award, for the June 2013 exams, Ms Roshenka Madanayake was also a student of Mercury. This award acknowledges ACCA students who scored the highest accumulative marks based on five professional level papers, successfully completed in a single sitting. In addition to the 10 ACCA Sri Lankan prize winners .Mercury has also received 5 CAT (Certified Accounting Technician) Sri Lankan prize winners for their papers in the June 2013 examinations. This year Mercury once again exceeded the world pass rates in all subjects.

At the previous exams held in December, Mercury produced 6 prize winners including Ms. Yashithinie Kandasamy, who received the prize for best Affiliate. As such Mercury has successfully produced best affiliates in 2 consecutive sessions, proving yet again the quality of tuition and the assistance provided for these students.

Mercury Institute, with its distinguished track record of proven successes, once again has brought much honour and recognition to the country. This years prize winners are another testimony that endorsers Mercury’s world class lecturers who adopts a stringent coaching infrastructure that ensures students of a truly one-to- one coaching experience which helps them pass first time at all levels, with high marks.

Speaking of these successes, Managing Director/CEO of Mercury Institute Jeevith Shakespeare, stated, “The focus of our lectures is to impart knowledge that stimulates learning and critical thinking with emphasis on the application of the knowledge gained. Our students are also given an ACCA-approved recommended text for each of the papers enrolled. Students are also required to attend the exam driven/ exam focus classes for each of the papers registered. These classes are followed by a mock exam where questions are answered under examination conditions. This is a part of the hallmarks of our success, where we gear our teaching strategies in a manner that has helped in obtaining these outstanding results and achievements for our students . Simply put at Mercury our results do the talking and this time it is a monopoly all the way .We take pride and delight at congratulating our prize winners for their sterling performance , while we salute our platinum caliber of lecturers who have repeatedly produced a platinum caliber performance from our students year after year

Mercury Institute has once again emulated their vision of being a Platinum tuition provider, with a platinum level lecturer panel, who have produced students who have attained a platinum level of success for the country.