Accountancy School student, Lorna Forde, from Sligo Town, has reason to celebrate after finishing first in the world in her ACCA exam. Lorna is pictured at a recent ceremony in Dublin where her achievement was recognised.
Sligo Town accountancy student, Lorna Forde has reason to celebrate after achieving first place, both in Ireland and the world, in her Advanced Audit & Assurance (AAA) exam.
An Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) student at Dublin-based online and blended learning college, Accountancy School, Lorna also finished first in Ireland in a further three exams – Performance Management (PM), Strategic Business Leader (SBL) and Strategic Business Reporting (SBR).
Viewing her results in context, of the worldwide number of 500,000 ACCA students, approximately 8,000 of whom study in Ireland, Lorna was one of three Accountancy School students to achieve a first place globally and amongst 30 fellow students to finish first in Ireland. All were recognised for their achievements at a ceremony in Dublin recently.
Congratulating Lorna on her achievement, Accountancy School managing director, Dave O’Donoghue said “ACCA is a globally recognised accountancy qualification, and the key to a hugely rewarding career in accountancy and financial management, here in Ireland and internationally.”
Against the backdrop of what he terms ‘an acute world-wide shortage of accountants’, the ACCA programme and other linked courses provided by Accountancy School are “high amongst those that the School is proud to offer, not least for the fact that students consistently achieve high pass rates of up to 96 percent, and for the part the courses play in helping young people to achieve their ambitions,” O’Donoghue added.
