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ACCA Pakistan has been striving to improve its services by involving the various stake holders in improving quality education. In order to ensure the smooth implementation and administration of the new ACCA 2007 and develop capacity building of the registered tuition providers, a second two-hour meeting with student affairs coordinators was conducted on February 8, 2007 at ACCA Pakistan Karachi Office. Following agenda discussed during the meeting:

1. ACCA 2007

2. Important deadlines to be followed by UCRS

3. Discussion and feedback on communication template for UCRS

5 student affairs coordinator from College of Accounting and Management Sciences (CAMS), School of Business Studies, Anees Hussain School of Accountancy, COMMECS Institute of Business and Emerging Sciences and Al-Hamd Academy attended the meeting. The meeting was started with the thank-you note and introduction of each member. ACCA 2007 was discussed in detail by sharing the various aspects of new qualification e.g.  new features, addition in CBEs, exam format, new syllabus an its availability, online conversion tool, introduction of online module on Professional Ethics, and practical requirements.

After ACCA 2007, meeting the important deadlines by students and colleges was emphasized in which coordinators were requested to brief the deadlines to their students clearly and regularly to avoid any delays and refusals. Part of the important deadlines, it was further emphasized that colleges should follow the instruction /procedures set by ACCA while meeting the extended closing deadlines of CBEs.

Since ACCA is planning to develop communication templates for UCRS, initial concept and purpose were shared with the coordinators during the meeting and a feedback was sought on the idea to get more and increased cooperation from colleges in future. Part of the UCRS communication templates would be to streamline the ad hoc and random requests received from colleges on behalf of students e.g. CBE queries, registration number and temporary ID cards. It was informed that templates would be devised and sent to the colleges on which ACCA Karachi Office will act accordingly. Questions were asked after each agenda item and were answered appropriately.

The meeting finished on time and refreshments ware served in the end.

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