The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) offers a professional qualification, which has been recognised and respected across the world for over 100 years. ACCA is currently the largest British accountancy body with a student membership in excess of one million.

CURRENT STUDENT INFORMATION

Rules of Progression

Students are expected to study each module (Knowledge, Skills, Essentials and Options) in order.

ACCA continues to stipulate that students can attempt a maximum of four (4) papers at any one examination sitting. These may be from different modules ONLY as long as the modules are attempted in order.

Students must pass or be exempted from all nine (9) exams in the Fundamentals Level and pass all three (3) Essentials exams and two (2) Options from four (4) in the Professional Level.

There is no need for students to sit and/or pass any of the exams together, including the three (3) Essentials exams in Professional Level.

Students may vary the order they attempt exams within each module but they may not vary the order of the modules. However, ACCA strongly recommends that papers within a module are taken in order. Students may attempt exams from different modules at the same exam sitting subject to the rules above.

Duration Of Programme

While the full programme can be completed in as short a time as two and a half years, students are given a maximum of ten (10) years to complete the ACCA Qualification programme.

Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE)

The ACCA programme is GATE approved for tuition fees ONLY. One exception to this is that mature students doing F2 & F3 will not be funded by GATE. However, upon successful completion of F2 & F3, mature students will be funded for the rest of the programme.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS TO ACCESS GATE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAMME

• 2 A' Level passes and 3 GCSEs or equivalent including Mathematics and English
• CAT qualification (exempted from Knowledge Level)
• Successful completion of F2 and F3 - Students entering through the Mature Student Entry  Route will only qualify for GATE funding on successful completion of F2 and F3 of ACCA.

REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRESSSION AND REPEAT ENTITLEMENT

Knowledge Level: F1, F2 and F3 (No repeat entitlements)

Students are allowed to pursue F1 to F3 (Knowledge/Level papers) along with F4  of the Skills Level.

Skills Level: F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, and F9 (Repeat entitlements for a maximum of two (2) papers)

Successful completion of F1 to F3, and proof of having paid for the examination for F4 if attempted.

Professional Level: P1, P2, P3 (Essentials) and P4, P5, P6, P7 (Two Options)     (Repeat entitlements for a maximum of two (2) papers)

P1 to P3- successful examination results for at least five (5) Skills Level papers.

P4 to P7 - proof of having paid for examinations for at least two (2) papers among P1 to P3 with successful completion of F1 to F9.

REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE
All students wishing to access GATE funding must fill out a Request for Clearance Form and receive the necessary approval - GATE Clearance Letter - from the Funding and Grants Administration Division (FGAD) prior to filling out a GATE Application Form.

To obtain a GATE Clearance Letter, students must attach the following documents to the Request for Clearance Form:

New Students

• Letter of Acceptance or Request for Clearance Form stamped and signed by local institution 

 Continuing Students

• Students continuing in the same programme must provide examination results for particular    papers required for continued GATE funding and where applicable proof of having paid for the examination for specific papers.
• Students who previously accessed GATE and are now moving on to a new programme must attach proof that they competed the previous GATE funded Programme.

GATE APPLICATION/CLAIM FORM
When GATE Clearance has been approved students must complete a GATE Application/ Claim Form with attached documents as follows:

• Original GATE Clearance Approval Letter (copy for subsequent term/semester in the year)
• Copy of Birth Certificate, National Identification Card or Passport showing proof of citizenship

Career Opportunities

ACCA qualified accountants can be found in Industry, Commerce, Professional firms, Government and Private Practice as Directors, Financial Controllers, Accountants, Internal and External Auditors and Financial Analysts/Consultants.

Registration Deadline

ACCA/ICATT Registration Deadlines