TOP SAICA APC results for IAS ACTION Professional Programme students – Pass rate 70%

IAS students showed their mettle and shot the lights out with an outstanding performance in the SAICA APC final qualifying exam. With a country topping 70% pass rate! This is particularly impressive considering the national pass rate was 52%, and the IAS ACTION professional programme achieved the top pass rate among the professional programmes in it’s inaugural year.

The IAS professional programme is new to the market, but clearly a breath of fresh air as they topped the tables by taking the number one spot in the country, an outstanding achievement.

“We are thrilled with our students performance, and this is testament to the hard work put in by both the IAS students and staff” said Prof Gary Swartz, Head of the Institute. “This is the first presentation of the IAS professional programme, and we look forward to even better results in the future, the programme was designed around the whole journey of the student, including research performed on the whole education ecosystem from school through to undergraduate, postgraduate, and their ITC attempt, and is therefore a holistic and personalised approach.” “We have always had the philosophy at IAS that we want to support our students all the way from the PGDA to the point that they qualify as Chartered Accountants, our students are part of the family.”

“Having our students successfully complete the APC exam and therefore complete the last hurdle to becoming a CA (SA) is one thing, but to have the programme top the log with the best pass rate in the country is a fantastic achievement” commented Zani Labuschagne, lecturer and Director on the programme. “We could not have asked for more from staff and students”.

An extremely important aspect of the results is the pass rate differential between demographic groups, and this has been highlighted by SAICA as a concern for the examination. The IAS students outperformed here again with the highest pass rate for African students by some margin at a 67%, just 10% off the white student pass rate.

All statistics are available on the SAICA website at www.saica.org.za.

The APC is the final qualifying board examination for students wanting to qualify as a Chartered Accountant (South Africa), or (CA) SA). To prepare for writing this examination, students are required to complete a SAICA accredited professional programme, one of which is the IAS ACTION Professional Programme run by the Institute of Accounting Science.

An incredible performance these candidates have delivered! So proud!

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