Doesn removing the core paper devalue the ACCA Qualification?
None of the assessment rigour has been lost under the new ACCA Qualification. It will continue to produce finance professionals that are fit for purpose and capable of building highly successful careers across all sectors, from practising in accounting firms, to the corporate, financial services, and public sectors. It allows more flexibility within the qualification and positively rewards students’ success in the final exams. It can be argued that removing the core paper rule will help to increase standards. Rather than students having to sit three papers together and try and acheive a pass for all three, students will be able to focus on an individual paper and obtain the highest mark possible.
