The ACCA on Thursday organised a workshop ie "Train the Trainer" to develop excellence in professional accounting education and establish best practices amongst tertiary accounting education providers. Dr Afra Sajjad, Head of Education and Policy Development of ACCA Pakistan and 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 improve 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.-PR