Mercury now offers ACCA in Galle

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Mercury Institute of Management with over 10 years of experience in the industry has been an institute that has confirmed its position as the only Platinum tuition provider for ACCA in the country. With its mission to bring quality education to Sri Lankan students in all regions of the country Mercury recently commenced offering the ACCA qualification to students in the southern region of the country by opening a branch in Galle. This is the first step that Mercury has taken in its initiative to bring accredited global qualifications to outstation students. The institute in Galle contains state of the art lecture rooms which are all air conditioned fitted with multimedia facilities. A fully-fledged computer lab, that is a licensed centre for ACCA computer based exams, and a limited intake of students will ensure one to one interaction by the lecturers with every student.

The institute will provide coaching for all levels of the ACCA qualifications, covering paper based and computer based exams. It consists of a reputed panel of lectures of corporate professionals and academics who guarantee success for students at ACCA examinations. It will also offer official study text books to all students at all levels free of charge, comprehensive syllabus coverage including revision and past papers, unlimited number of mock examinations, excellent one to one lecturer student communication and accessibility at all times, student council activities proving group discussions and get-togethers as well as job placements in well-known corporate. Students will also be able to avail themselves of the special incentive scheme currently offered by Mercury which consists of the benefit of the UK registration fee, the UK subscription fee and a discount on the course fee being waived off for the ACCA program which would easily amount to around Rs. 50,000. Special discounts on the course fee will also be offered for students who have performed well at their school studies. Quality education with affordability Explaining his thoughts on this initiative Mercury Institute Managing Director Jeevith Shakespeare stated, “The Mercury Institute of Management was set up in December 2001 by a group of professional accountants with a view to offering quality education in the fields of management, accounting and finance to the Sri Lankan market. The main ethos of Mercury is quality education with affordability and we see our prime responsibility as creating and developing professionals that will lead in their chosen fields contributing to their organisations and the economies they serve in. In this context we are pleased to bring globally renowned qualifications such as ACCA to our students in the Southern region. We strongly believe it will offer them a pathway and an opportunity for better job prospects and in preparing them to be ‘work ready professionals’ that is required by the industry today.” ACCA confers Platinum Status to only a handful of its Tuition Providers ‘in recognition of the exceptional quality of tuition provided and maintaining pass rates above global pass rates for all subjects for consecutive exam sessions and support for ACCA students. Mercury Institute has always ensured that the highest level of ACCA standards have been met in the methodologies they have adopted in imparting knowledge to their students. With the ACCA qualification been recognised today as one that is designed to provide the accounting knowledge, skills and professional values which will deliver finance professionals who are capable of building successful careers across all sectors, the initiative to bring this knowledge to students in the southern region will give them the opportunities required to hone their skills in accountancy that is a vital part of any organisation’s operations. It will ensure that students in this region will be provided the opportunity to be armed with knowledge, skills and professional values needed by all organisations regardless of the sector they will work in.