what is the age

[irfan2003]

what is average age of a fresh CA in pakistan.
I mean Pakistan may fresh CA kis age kay hotain hain.Remember i m not asking about sarkari umer bulkay haqiki umer

[Muhammad Amir]

26 to 30 because of lot of RAGHRA and REFERS

[Schuaeb]

There are a very few who manage to qualify at 26. A number of people start it at 20 to 24 or more. So, the average that is been asked for will surely exceed 30 in my view.

[Muhammad Amir]

But this is not the case in ACCA, students usually start at 19 and they can easily complete all papers(inclusive CAT) at 21 to 22 after which they can start articles from Big4...

Regards,

Muhammad Amir

[Schuaeb]

Some people do start CA at 17 and a minimum of 4.5 years is now required to qualify CA. So a student may qualify at 21.5. However, I am not sure that there might be even a single such example.

There may not be any two opinions about the fact that qualifying ACCA requires far lesser time. So average age at which one qualifies for ACCA must be substantially lower

[Muhammad Amir]

And This Is Exactly One Of The Salient Features Of ACCA...

After Obtaining One Certification In Lesser Time A Resonably Young Fellow Can Go For Specialisation In Any Particular Sector, Unlike CA Where One Already Used Substantial Time In One Certification(Although There Is No Alternative(Nam-Ul-Badal) Of The CA RAGHRA) Which Really Polishes Professionals, But Some Of Their Policies Can Not Be Appreciated At All...

Regards,

Muhammad Amir

[Muhammad Amir]

By The Way Shoaib Which Module You Are Giving In This December...Wish you best of luck for you papers...

Regards,

Muhammad Amir

[Astute Accountant]

Hehehe....... at CIMA the average age would be somewhere near 35 years. Under 20, are very very rare.

[Schuaeb]

Amir definitely ACCA has got the advantage that is consumes lesser time, and uncertanities to qualify are not very much as is the case with CA. Those who qualify CA get the worth of their time. But many people after investing a lot of time and effort do not qualify. Though it is not a total time waste in second case, their training and the part which the managed to qualify enable them to earn reasonably, however, still this doesn't worth their effort and time, as they have sacrificed other options. There are a lot of cases who quits CA after wasting 2, 3 or more years, in their case and its a total time waste.

[Muhammad Amir]

Shoaib you are right, i have 3/4 friends who have wasted their 1.5 to 2 years in CA then they switched to ACCA but still they are facing difficulties in clearing their papers, So the general percetption that Its eassy to pass ACCA is not right, however as compared to CA its easier to pass ACCA but not that easy(as per general perception)...

And you will agree with me that course contents of ACCA are much more broader than CA even ACCAs course contents are now (after inclusion of Ethics)broader than ICAEW, I am just talking about course contents nothing else like stringent atricles requirements and other professional developments...

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Probably because of some other reasons, not difficulty...

Regards,

Muhammad Amir

[Astute Accountant]

What sort of reasons, in your view Bhai?

[Schuaeb]

Amir you now that course contents of various courses are quite broad. But where CA is making a difference (one of the reason for such higher percentage of failure)is that the conceptual understanding of its brief (though they are not brief by any means) course contents. I mean if course of a subject in CA and any other descipline are same, quite a higher level of understanding is require to qualify that subject for CA.

Course of CA is boarder than ACCA or not, there may be a room for argument. However there may not be any two opinions about the facts that CA is quite tougher as compared to ACCA and has got a much better worth in market.

The uncertanities that surrounds qualifying CA makes it unadviseable for me to suggest anybody to join it.

[Schuaeb]

Amir you now that course contents of various courses are quite broad. But where CA is making a difference (one of the reason for such higher percentage of failure)is that the conceptual understanding of its brief (though they are not brief by any means) course contents. I mean if course of a subject in CA and any other descipline are same, quite a higher level of understanding is require to qualify that subject for CA.

Course of CA is boarder than ACCA or not, there may be a room for argument. However there may not be any two opinions about the facts that CA is quite tougher as compared to ACCA and has got a much better worth in market.

The uncertanities that surrounds qualifying CA makes it unadviseable for me to suggest anybody to join it.

[Muhammad Amir]

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Agreed...

One of the problem with CA is that as told by many senior fellows that first of all their papers are too much lengthy as compared to ACCA infact one of my relative told me that the question examined in ACCA worth 40 marks is the same type of question examined in CA exams but only worth 30 marks...

Difficulty level of papers of both bodies are same but Papers examined under ICAP are very difficult to complete fully, secondly the tough marking schemes making things worse for people...

Regards,

Muhammad Amir

[Schuaeb]

I don't think this exactly is the case. And I beleive that paper of CA are not lengthy or very tough. They just require a more professional approach as compared to ACCA or other bodies. This is what that makes CA eminent in the market and perhaps difficult to qualify too