Press Release: ACCA Pakistan Train the Trainer Initiative
As part of ACCA continued efforts to develop excellence in professional
accounting education and establish best practices amongst tertiary
accounting education providers, ACCA Pakistan organised "Train The Trainer"
workshop on 24 February 2010 in Islamabad. Dr Afra Sajjad, Head of Education
and Policy Development of ACCA Pakistan and Mahreen Khan were the event
facilitators.
The workshop participants were faculty members of ACCA Approved Learning
Partners and tuition providers in Pakistan. The participants appreciated
ACCA innovative efforts at enhancing the capacity of professional accounting
education faculty. They were of the opinion that the workshop was useful and
relevant to their work as it enabled them to learn new teaching skills and
methods. They opined that the workshop has energised them and they were
motivated to improving students' exam performance and professionalism.
Speaking at the event, Dr Afra Sajjad, Head of Education and Policy
Development of ACCA Pakistan stated "Train The Trainer is manifestation of
ACCA Pakistan commitment to faculty development of professional accounting
education tuition providers. She discussed the ideas on how to prepare for
more effective sessions, how to improve study support to students and pass
rates? How to tailor general exam techniques to their respective papers and
formulate action plan for implementation of best teaching practices. She
said our students have demonstrated ability and potential to be world class
professional accountants. Through initiatives like "Train the Trainer" we
are facilitating ACCA tutors to help young men and women of Pakistan pursue
their ambition of successful career in finance, accounting and taxation
successfully as well as be world class professional accountants". Mahreen
Khan,TV anchor and a well reputed motivational and self awareness
speaker/workshop leader emphasised on tutors' role in inculcating
professionalism in the students by adopting certain behaviour.
