Starting from August 2012, SIFT School of Accounting becameofficially a Gold Approved Learning Partner (ALP) of theAssociation of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) headquarteredin the UK, the global body of professional accountants. Out of morethan sixty Chinese universities offering ACCA programs, SIFT is thesixth in the country to become a Gold ALP of ACCA. The ALP statusmeans that an ACCA program provider has met ACCA’s challengingrequirements for approval in areas such as the strength of teachingstaff, assured teaching quality, the rate of passing the ACCAexaminations, the provision of taught courses, the number ofexaminees, and the educational facilities.
After being awarded the ALP status, SIFT School of Accounting willenjoy many benefits from ACCA, including promotion by ACCA. Thedetails of the SIFT School of Accounting will be displayed onACCA’s website, students will have access to more and betterservices as well as better career prospects, and teachers andfaculty will have more learning and training opportunities.