Increase your global demand as a corporate accountant with six new specialisations from CA Sri Lanka Study at Australasian Academy to gain an Australian qualification along with a scholarship

Scholarship week from February 14 to 19

Amidst increasing competition in the corporate world and the changing dynamics of the accounting profession, the country’s preferred destination for accounting education, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka ( CA Sri Lanka) has once again taken the lead to launch a landmark initiative aimed at further enhancing the profile of corporate accountants by introducing six new specialisations.

The six new specializations that were introduced in the CA Sri Lanka Curriculum 2020 cover a range of pertinent areas, which are in demand not just locally but also globally. The specialisations are data analytics, actuarial science, governance risk & controls, entrepreneurship, finance and taxation, and aims to produce corporate accountants who are willing to go beyond the traditional functions of accounting and finance and be both contemporary and futuristic accounting professionals.

In the midst of the fourth industrial revolution and in an era where the abacus and calculator have been overtaken by automation, artificial intelligence, block chain and data, the specialisations offered by CA Sri Lanka for corporate accountants will also help them increase their demand, not just in the local job market, but will also allow them to enhance their global mobility due to the contemporary specializations.

The specialisation option is offered for students who successfully complete the Certified Corporate Accountant (CCA) qualification, which is an early exit route of the globally recognised CA Sri Lanka programme.

Students who obtain the CCA qualification along with the relevant knowledge, skills, and training can apply to follow the specialization and be a CCA in Data Analytics, CCA in Actuarial Science, CCA in Governance, Risks, and Controls, CCA in Entrepreneurship, CCA in Finance, and or a CCA in Taxation.

An important feature of the CCA qualification of CA Sri Lanka is that it is comparable to Re g u l a t e d

Qualifications Framework ( RQF) Level 6, which is a Bachelor’s Degree standard, as per UK ENIC which is the UK National Information Centre for the recognition and evaluation of international qualifications and skills.

Meanwhile to further support the students' ability to successfully obtain the specialisation, CA Sri Lanka has also put in place a series of facilities ranging from offering reading material at the Institute’s library as well as via its e- library and is also offering a range of course contents and pilot papers on the CA Sri Lanka website. The CA Sri Lanka IT Training Division and the Business School will also launch several short courses this month, which will immensely benefit CCAs who wish to obtain a specialization as a corporate accountant.

The inaugural exams for the specialization component in the CA Sri Lanka Curriculum will be held for the first time in August 2022. Students who obtain the specialization will be conferred with certificates at the annual convocation of CA Sri Lanka.

The CA Sri Lanka programme is offered at three ascending levels, and at each level, the student receives a recognised qualification which guarantees employability. Students who follow the CA programme have the option of completing the Business Level and exiting as a Certified Business Accountant ( CBA) or exit as a Certified Cor porate Accountant ( CCA) after completing the Corporate Level, or as a Chartered Accountant ( ACA) after completing the final level, which is the Strategic Level. The ACA qualification offered by CA Sri Lanka has been compared to RQF Level 7, which is comparable to a Master’s Degree by UK ENIC.

Students with a minimum of three simple passes at the GCE Advanced Level exam can register for the globally recognised CA Sri Lanka programme, including on pending results.

Please visit www.casrilanka.com for more information or call the CA Sri Lanka student hotline on 070 400 2 999.

Australasian Academy (AA) offers Scholarships for Sri Lankan and overseas students to study Australian and Swiss qualifications right here in Sri Lanka. Since inception in 2018, Australasian Academy has introduced many programmes in different fields of study that provides career opportunities for graduates in Sri Lanka and abroad.

AA also have well structured transfer programmes to Australia, Switzerland, and Canada where students can complete their Foundation or first year of university in SL and transfer to one of our partner universities.

AA also offer paid internships for students who complete different levels of studies in their respective major areas. This provides a great opportunity for graduates to be work ready and gain employment much faster than their peers.

Scholarship Week – 14th February to 19th February 2022

Time to look beyond boundaries and think out of the box for new career pathways and industries beyond traditions for a better future and to access better job markets around the world. To provide the best for Sri Lankan students Australasian Academy has decided to have a Scholarship week for students who have already completed O/Levels and A/ Levels where they can avail Scholarships up to 25% of the local course fee. This offer applies to all programs offered at AA.

How to apply for the Scholarship

Students who have fairly good results at their O/Levels or A/Levels ( Local or London) can call or visit Australasian Academy and get in touch with our Educational Counsellors to arrange an interview and a test. AA has simplified the whole process and it will take only one and a half hours to get the outcome of your interview and the exam. Once done your offer for the Scholarship will be given on the same day.

Transfer students.

Students who wish to complete the University Foundation or the Diploma (University First year) will be awarded limited Scholarships by our partner institutions in

Switzerland and Australia up to CHF 2,000 and AUD 5,000.

Programmes o f f e red at Australasian Academy are, I n t e r national Tourism and Hospitality Management ( Swiss Qualification awarded by IMI Switzerland), International Cookery, Patisserie [ Pastry & Baking] (Australian Qualifications awarded by ANIBT Melbourne), Aged Care, Community Services ( ANIBT Melbourne).

Australian University Transfer Programme

AA offers Transfer programmes to Australia in partnership with Southern Cross University for Hospitality Management where students can study either in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane. We offer the foundation program for O/Level students where they are ready to transfer for first year of university within 8 months.

We also offer the Diploma for A/ Level students where they can complete it in 8 months and transfer to complete their degree within two years.

Swiss Transfer Programme

AA also offer a transfer programme to Switzerland in partnership with IMI Luzern, Switzerland. Incidentally IMI is ranked 15th in the world according QS Word University Rankings in 2021. Students have the option to complete the foundation or the Diploma and transfer to IMI Switzerland to complete their degree with guaranteed paid internships in Switzerland and an option for a second internship internationally.

If you are looking for higher education options in some of the fastest growing industries in the world and if you are in need of obtaining one of the best and globally recognized qualifications from Australia or Switzerland with a cost saving of over 60% of studying overseas, this is the right time to approach Australasian Academy.

Please call 0766895896/0761390245/ 0761390244 or 0761390242. You may also visit our website www.australasianacademy.net for more information and reserve a date and a time for your scholarship assessment.