Accountancy (ACCA)

ACCA is the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Accountants with ACCA are recognised globally, opening up more opportunities internationally. It is a profession where the returns are quite high, be it public, private sector or a self run business.

Founded in 1904, ACCA is one of the largest and fastest-growing global accountancy bodies which offer the Chartered Certified Accounting professional qualification. Headquartered at London, it has over 4 lakh (400,000) students and 1.5 lakh members in 180 countries. It works through a network of 83 offices and centres, and has more than 8,500 employers worldwide, who seek ACCA professionals. In fact, ACCA is so popular globally that there is one new student registering for it every 6 minutes. ACCA qualification is very useful if the student wishes to focus on Business, Finance and Taxation at an international level.

Preparing for ACCA

Students can start working towards the qualification quite early, while they are still in school. It is highly recommended to use materials provided by an ACCA approved learning partners such as BPP Learning Media.  This is a platinum approved learning partner of ACCA that conducts online classroom sessions for students from anywhere in the world. It allows flexibility along with access to a library of comprehensive online content. Students are also able to interact with other aspirants via online forums and can even book sessions with the tutors. With a successful online classroom pass rate of 82%, BPP is also the most popular choice amongst ACCA aspirants.