Upgrade to ACCA: Special offer to CIMA

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) offers exemptions to students who have studied other relevant qualifications. This means students can start their studies at a level that is consistent with the knowledge and skills gained from prior learning, providing them with the quickest route to ACCA membership.

Amongst a number of academic and professional qualifications, ACCA offers exemptions for CIMA passed finalists and students. ACCA will award up to 9 papers from Fundamentals level so that CIMA passed finalists and part qualified CIMA students need to only complete the relevant modules to obtain the qualification.

To add more value, the exemption fees are also waived off for CIMA students and passed finalists under this special offer. However, this would be a limited offer. Students who register through this offer require paying the initial registration fees, annual subscriptions and the professional level paper fees. By waiving off the exemption fees ACCA support s CIMAstudents and passed finalists to upgradetheir qualification and become ACCA complete finance professionals.

Students with the respective exemptions will also have the opportunity of obtaining the full qualification of ACCA at a much lesser cost due to the reduced number of subjects they have to undertake.

CIMA students and passed finalists can now apply for this exemption scheme by sending in their applications to the ACCA Sri Lanka office with the relevant supporting documents.Students are invited to con- tact the ACCA Sri Lanka office to receive further information.

Nilusha Ranasinghe, Head of ACCA Sri Lanka said such initiatives werelaunched with the intention of ensuringthe development of the finance professionin the country. She further emphasized that the new exemptionscheme will be a further boost in increasing the popularity of the ACCA qualification and will also give professionals further access to a recognized qualification that has a great acceptability amongst leading organiza- tions and employers both locally and internationally.

ACCA’s reputation is grounded in over 100 years of providing accounting and financial qualifications to a number of key professionals and industry leaders .It is currently one of the most successful finance professional qualifications the world over followed by professionals both at junior and senior levels and well-established corporate leaders in the country, who have made a mark in the industry.