Train The Trainer - ACCA Pakistan Train the Teacher Initiative

Train The Trainer - ACCA Pakistan Train the Teacher 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 26 October 2010 in Lahore. Dr Afra Sajjad, Head of Education and Policy Development of ACCA Pakistan and Mr Fasi Zaka were the event facilitators.
The workshop participants were faculty members of ACCA Approved Learning Partners and tuition providers in Pakistan. The participants appreciated ACCA's innovative efforts for 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".
The last session of the workshop 'Bridging gaps: enhancing exam excellence' was conducted by Mr Fasi Zaka, who is a Television & Radio host, Political Columnist, Satirist, Academic & Rhodes scholar in Pakistan. His session was designed to give an opportunity to the tutors to discuss and focus on the challenges of teaching ACCA, the session also suggested a road map towards resolving these challenges.....