Yesterday afternoon upon completion of CBE Paper 2 demos online, I go and hang around ACCA website and saw some notice that sound like this:
From June 2009 there will be some minor changes to the Advanced Level papers (T5-T10).
The pass mark will be increased from 40% to 50%
All exams will include some multiple-choice questions (MCQ’s)
– 24% of Paper T5 will become MCQ’s (two-hour exam)
– 20% of Papers T6–T10 will become MCQ’s (three-hour exams)
The overall syllabus for the qualification will remain unchanged, although some material from Paper T7 will be moving to Paper T10.
The revised study guides and pilot papers are available in this section.
Please note: this does not affect CAT students currently studying for the December 2008 exams, the changes will not be applied until the exams in June 2009.
Well, it looks like there would be some “revolutionary” in the exams format soon as
scheduled by the ACCA. In turn, it means that we need to “struggle” to pass all of the remaining papers in the upcoming December session or else you need to “re-prepare for another type of battle” all over again.
You will feel very happy when you looking at the new formats in the 1st place, but with the phrase “pass mark will be increase to 50”; it means nothing at all. “Negative & negative will in turn give you a positive”, I mean to say that the effect is being net off.
So, perhaps the conclusion is that strike for all pass in this “last” chance!
But, thinking about non-financial papers really makes people headache; just try the best la. I just can’t imagine how a student in Sunway can score a miracle 99% in the T5 exam!
That’s all, bye for now!
