18 Year Old Young Boy of India Becomes World’s Youngest CA in UAE
It’s celebration time for India as a young 18 years old Indian-origin boy creates record emerging as world’s youngest associate with a global body for professional accountants. Dubai’s Indian High School graduate Ramkumar Raman would be youngest graduate to attain the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) membership if he completes the three years of qualified work experience with them.
Indian Boy Creates Record Becoming World’s Youngest CA
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) officials claimed “Ramkumar Raman has been recognized as the youngest ACCA affiliate ever registered among all other candidates, affiliates and members” in the ACCA Middle East. ACCA Academic Advisor Middle East, Herriot Fitgerald said, “As of now, Raman holds the record for the youngest ACCA affiliate among our records” in an interview. Usually, ACCA candidates start their challenging task for the affiliation at a young age of 18 probably after the completion of their graduation.
Affiliation qualification examination of ACCA is classified into three different levels which are named as The Knowledge module, Skills module and the Professional module comprising a total of 14 papers. All these 14 papers of ACCA affiliation qualification examination are attempted over a span of three years. Raman said, “I began coaching for examinations in September 2012 and I wrote the final exam in June 2015. As far as my earlier previous exams are concerned, I don’t think I performed that well. When it comes to marks, I scored an 8.6 CGPA in grade 10 and an 87% in 12th.”
Founded in 1904, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the global professional accounting body offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification (ACCA or FCCA). As at June 2015, ACCA had 178,000 members and 455,000 students in 180 countries. ACCA’s headquarters are in London with a principal administrative office in Glasgow. ACCA works through a network of 91 offices and centre’s and more than 8,500 Approved Employers worldwide, who provide employee development.