ACCA launches CAT qualification

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Bangladesh has launched the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) qualification in Bangladesh through an online programme recently. Deputy Minister of Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury inaugurated CAT as the Chief Guest.

Students can earn this qualification passing only nine papers and acquiring one year of experience. Students can appear at the exams online.

At the beginning of the program, ACCA Bangladesh's Country Manager Md. Ahsanul Hoque Bashar said, "We believe that all types of organizations can get the advantage of the CAT qualification as CAT creates entry-level accountants and accounting technicians."

Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, Chairman of Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB) Dr. Md. Morad Hossain Mollah, Executive Director of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) M Anwarul Karim, Director Examinations of the British Council Jim O'Neill, MD & CEO of Summit Communications Ltd. Arif-Al Islam, Education Specialist & Team Leader of South Asia Education Global Practice of the World Bank Group T.M. Asaduzzaman, CEO & Chairman of LCBS Dhaka MA Kalam, ACCA Middle East & South Asia (MESA) Market Director Stuart Dunlop, ACCA Bangladesh's Senior Business Development Manager (Learning) Shah Waliul Manzoor, Education Manager Prawma Tapashi Khan, Senior Business Development Manager (EMA) Md. Shafaat Ali Choyon, Marketing Manager Abdullah Al Hasan and Business Services & Compliance Manager GM Rashed. Also, representatives from ACCA's learning partner Edbase Professionals and Professional School of Business (PSB) were present.