As part of ACCA’s
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 11, 12 and 14 October 2011 in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi
respectively. Almas Abbas Ali, Education Manager, ACCA Pakistan and
Mujtaba Iqbal, CEO, CFTR were the event facilitators.
The
event aimed at enhancing the capacity building of tutors by sharing the
important exam techniques with the purpose of integrating them into
their teaching and thus increasing the chances of students’ success in
exams. It also highlighted the importance of holistic approach of course
performance management which, ACCA emphasized that the learning
providers and tutors need to take continuously. The event provided the
opportunity for the tutors and academic managers to network and
exchanges best ideas with one another. The panel discussion revolving
around ACCA Trainees and their role at the workplace generated a lot of
feedback from the participants. Speakers of the panel discussion
included Akbar Afzal Jessani Senior Consultant Ernst and Young Ford Rhodes Sidat Hyder, M.
Sharique Siddiqui Assistant Director (Monitoring & Inspection Wing)
Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Sarah Fazli
Business Analyst United Bank Ltd, Pakistan, Muhammad Naveed Alam Deputy General Manager Siemens Pakistan,
Abdullah Fahad Senior Manager Audit Ernst & Young Ford Rhodes Sidat
Hyder, Omer A Chaudhry Controller – Accounting, Internal Audit &
Compliance Tetra Pak Pakistan Ltd, Faisal Shaikh ACCA Member and SME
Owner, Ayla Majid Director Business Advisory Services Khalid Majid
Rehman Chartered Accountants, Ali Sheraz Shabbir Manager Billing and
Revenue Wi-tribe Pakistan and Junaid Ghori, Vice President Islamic
Banking, MCB Limited.
A
total of 90 teachers and academic coordinators from ACCA Approved
Learning Partners and learning providers attended the event.
Participants appreciated the efforts of ACCA Pakistan for organising a
very interactive and engaging event and wanted ACCA to organize such
events in future as well.
