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Governance, Transparency and Service to Members & Students www.icap.org.pk Bhittai Coaching Academy (Girls), Mehran Coaching Uzma Usman coordinator O’levels & A’levels, Meritorious Academy (Boys), Mehran Coaching Academy (Girls); Schools System; Mahjabeen Mukhtar principal, St. Ranipur: Bhittai Coaching Academy (Boys), Bhittai Lawrence Govt. College for Girls; Adnan-ul-Arabi principal, Coaching Academy (Girls), New Bhittai Coaching The MCH School; and Nasreen Tasneem principal, Gulistan Shah Abdul Latif Girls Secondary School. Academy (Boys), New Bhittai Coaching Academy (Girls), Mehran Coaching Academy (Boys), Mehran Coaching A positive feedback was received from the academia. They Academy (Girls). showed keen interest in the information about CA provided to them and appreciated ICAP’s concept of career counselling CA Talent Mentoring Session provided to the students. Schools offered ICAP to visit them during the new academic session in fall and provide The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan career guidance to the students regarding the CA program. (ICAP) launched CA Talent program in 2013 with an aim to financially facilitate talented students in pursuing Examination News their dreams of becoming a chartered accountant. It’s a fully funded program, with scholarships given Addition in Examination Centre for Certified to top 20 position holders of intermediate board Finance and Accounting Professional examinations. Examinations CA Talent mentoring session was organised nationwide The Institute is pleased to announce that from December through video conferencing facility on June 1, 2016; 2016 Certified Finance and Accounting Professional students studying under umbrella of CA talent from Examinations will also be held in Gujranwala. all cities were invited to be a part of it. Muhammad Ali Assessment of Fundamental Competencies Durrani, senior manager Education & Training, chaired the session. His address was followed by a presentation Stage Examinations by Anayat Ullah Khan, manager Education & Training The result of Assessment of Fundamental Competencies and Asma Zahid, senior officer Education & Training (AFC) examinations, Summer 2016, held in June 2016 constituting guidelines on attempting the exams and was declared on July 11, 2016. 948 (43.9%) students other Do’s and Don’ts. passed the AFC Examination as compared to 2,103 (51.3%) students in the previous session. After the presentation, the floor was open for Autumn 2016 AFC will commence from September 20, questions where students inquired regarding various 2016. Dates of examination fee submission are available aspects of the talent program. An overwhelming on ICAP’s website. Exact date and time of AFC will be response was received from the students. They took communicated to each student through his/her admit card. great interest in the information provided, and found it to be very beneficial. Result of CA Final Examinations Summer 2016 The result of CA Final Examinations, Summer 2016, will be Meetings with Educational Institutions declared on August 1, 2016. Amendment in Format of Centralised To establish strong relationships with educational institutions, The Institute of Chartered Accountants Registration Number of Pakistans’ (ICAP) Marketing and Communication With immediate effect the Centralised Registration Numbers (MARCOM) department continued meetings with the (CRNs) would comprise of six digits. All existing CRNs principals, academic heads and student counsellors to would have a prefix of ‘0’ (ZERO) to depict the six digit code. acquire knowledge about particular schools, its academic Meetings with Corporate Sector programs, other student activities, etc. Through these meetings, ICAP opens up networking avenues beneficial Meetings were held with corporate sector at Karachi, to both institutions. Lahore and Islamabad by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) Marketing and Meetings were arranged with Zahida Aslam principal, Communication (MARCOM) department. Organisations Progressive Public School; Birqjis Ameen headmistress and visited are listed on the next page: July 2016 11