CIMA by Excellence

Excellence Training Centre CIMA course handbook.

2013

The following document gives you a brief guidance about all aspect of CIMA tuition provision in Qatar. You can find details about the CIMA body as well as Excellence Training Centre, along with information on how to get yourself registered as a student.

Table of contents 1. An introduction to the college 1.1 Brief History 1.2 College mission statement 1.3 Size of college (staff, student numbers) 1.4 Geographical location of the campus (including map). 1.5 Range of educational courses

2. Details of department where CIMA course is provided 2.1 Brief introduction to the department 2.2 Staff list

3. Tuition for CIMA 3.1 Introduction to CIMA 3.2 How to register as a student 3.3 How to apply for exemptions (if appropriate) emphasising the need to ensure that students undertake a gap analysis where appropriate 3.4 How to register for exams 3.5 Modes of study for CIMA at college 3.6 Revision 3.7 Main staff contacts

4. What is expected of the student attending the course? 04.1 Out of college self-study hours (e.g. expected study time per week) 4.2 Emphasis on the importance and value of practising past paper type questions under exam conditions 4.3 Frequency of coursework 4.4 Mock examination 4.5 Method of delivery (style of class, note taking, group work etc) 4.6 Scheme of work

5. CIMA contact 6. Quality procedures on the CIMA course 6.1 Student participation regarding attendance, coursework and mock exams/feedback on coursework 6.2 College quality procedures: 6.2.1 Bi-annual questionnaires for student feedback 6.2.2 Bi-annual working lunches with students 6.2.3 CIMA teaching staff meetings

7. CIMA tuition calendar 7.1 Semester dates 7.2 Holidays

8. CIMA teaching staff details 9. Student services

10. Fee structure

1. An introduction to the college 1.1 Brief History Excellence Training Centre although a very new organisation has very quickly gained reputation as a high quality accountancy tuition provider in the country. We initially started just by offering ACCA tuitions .It is a very big achievement that after only seven months of operation we have around 40% market share in ACCA tuitions industry. In the first three papers (knowledge level), we are the market leaders with the greatest number of students enrolled with us than any other tuition provider. In the last exam sitting we just had once CIMA student taking only one subject with us. We are proud of the fact that he stood 7th position worldwide in the same subject. We actually have a very good reputation in all of the products and services we are offering. Because of us entering into the market, the students are getting a way better service at better prices than ever before. 1.2 College mission statement At Excellence Training Centre our mission is to become the market leader in all types of accountancy education in the country and provide consumers very high quality service at reasonable prices 1.3 Size of college (staff, student numbers) We have 11 staff members and around 80 students at this time. *

1.4 Geographical location of the campus (including map).

Excellence is located at the heart of Doha at around five minutes drive from the Doha International Airport. This is a great news for students as they do not have to travel long distances outside Doha hence saving their valuable time. 1.5 Range of educational courses ACCA tuitions (full time and part time) ACCA Books (Kaplan & BPP) ACCA Computer based examinations BSc(Hons) Oxford Brookes University Research & Analysis Project Supervision ACCA Crash courses Diploma in IFRS (DipIFR) CIMA tuitions (part time) CIMA C level CIMA Books ( Kaplan)

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Chartered Financial Analyst books (Kaplan and BPP) O ’Level & A ‘Level part time ‘’Commerce subjects’’ tuitions ( Cambridge & Edexcel) School kids tuitions ( grade 5 to grade 8 ) University tuitions ( part time) University project/ assignments supervision

2. Details of department where CIMA course is provided 2.1 Brief introduction to the department The CIMA department is organised on the recommended basis from CIMA. The course administrator is Mr Hasham Abbasi and the course administrator is Mr Salman Samnani. 2.2 Staff list The following is the list of the staff along with their designations. Salman Samnani – ACCA Affiliate and MSc in Economics Huzefa Hydrie – ACCA Affiliate, MBA in Finance (finalist) Emad Gohar – ACCA Affiliate Rijas Abu Baker – ACCA Affiliate Arkam AbdulRehman – ACCA finalist Hasham Abbasi – ACCA finalist Ibrahim Rafey – ACCA Affiliate

3. Tuition for CIMA 3.1 Introduction to CIMA CIMA is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest professional body of management accountants. CIMA offers the most relevant finance qualification for business. CIMA members and students work across all business sectors at all levels throughout the world, demonstrating the flexibility of the qualification. CIMA supports over 171,000 members and students in 165 countries. The worth of the qualification can be known from the fact that 13% of working members of CIMA are Finance Directors (including CFOs) and 14% are Financial Controllers. 6% of working members are Chief Executive Officers, Managing Directors or Other Directors. 3.2 How to register as a student The CIMA online registration is made up of several simple steps and requires you to make payment for registration and subscription fee by credit or debit card at the end of the process. Else wise you can also send your money by post Your payment must be received within 6 weeks of part-registering online; therefore you should only start the part registration process if you are able to post your payment straight away. Please note that if your payment is not received within 6 weeks, your part-registration will be cancelled and you will forfeit your registration fee as this is non refundable. At the end of the process, you will be asked to print off a registration or part registration confirmation sheet, which you must send in to CIMA immediately, together with copies of your educational certificates or professional qualifications. You will also need to send your payment if you have part registered. As soon as you have completed the online process, including payment of your fees, you will become a CIMA student, and can immediately begin your studies. If you choose to post your payment, you will be part registered and will need to pay all your fees within the stipulated six week period before you can be fully registered as a CIMA student.

CIMA registration and exemption deadlines are as follows – 31st January for the May exam sitting 31st July for the November exam sitting It is important that you complete the registration process, pay your subscription and registration fees and ensure that the copies of your certificates reach us by the relevant deadline. If we receive them after this deadline they may not be processed in time for you to sit for exams in the corresponding exam sitting. You will find a step by step guide to the registration process on the next seven pages. To begin the process, click on the “Getting started” link at the top of the page, then click on “Register as a student”, then “Register with CIMA”.

The following diagram shows the steps for registration after that.

3.4 How to register for exams CIMA online exam entry process is made up of 6 stages: • Updated Personal Details you will be asked to verify if the email address we have for you is up-to-date and how you are studying the CIMA qualification ● Select Tuition Provider Confirm the tuition provider you study with • Select Exam Centre Choose an exam centre from our extensive database • Select Exam Papers choose the papers in your chosen centre • Accept Rules confirm that you accept CIMA exam entry rules • Payment Details Enter your payment Details • Confirmation Receive confirmation of your entry additional security has been introduced to our payment process. Throughout exam entry a status bar will be shown at the top of the screen indicating your progress through the exam entry process.

3.5 Modes of study for CIMA at college At the moment CIMA is mainly a part time evening course at Excellence. That is because of the very large proportion of working student in our class. However in special cases we also provide the course full time e.g. when we do not have any working student enrolled in the subject. 3.6 Revision The revision is included in the number of hours the student is given for each subject. In addition to that we also have some extra revision classes. These classes are free of charge for our own students.

3.7 Main staff contacts Name

Designation

Phone no

Email address

Salman Samnani

Course leader

66736768 salman@excellence.qa

Hasham Abbasi

Administrator

55596723 hasham@excellence.qa

4. What is expected of the student attending the course? 4.1 Out of college self-study hours (e.g. expected study time per week) The study hours for each subject are given below.

Level Operational

Management

Strategic

Subject

Study hours

P3 F3

80 80

4.2 Emphasis on the importance and value of practising past paper type questions under exam conditions The number one tip of passing CIMA examination is practising past exam papers under exam conditions. Some of these papers will be done in the class. Still the bulk has to be completed at home. 11

4.3 Frequency of coursework For each subject we will try to have at least one coursework assignment per week. The exact frequency of the coursework can be found in the individual subject’s Scheme of work. 4.4 Mock examination Mock exam dates are mentioned in the Scheme of work. There will be at least three mock exams for each subject before the exam starts. 4.5 Method of delivery ( style of class, note taking, group work etc) The detailed method of delivery of each subject can be found in the study scheme. In general the teacher gives out notes on the whiteboard which the student has to take down on his/her notebook. 4.6 Scheme of work Schemes of work are prepared for each subject by the subject leader which has details like learning outcomes, topics, questions to be done in the class as well as those students need to do at home.

5. CIMA contact Contact details including telephone, fax number and email for all students’ enquires to CIMA T. +44 (0) 20 8849 2251 F. +44 (0) 20 8849 2450 E. cima.contact@cimaglobal.com Summary details on the local branch – explanation of their role in relation to students and contact details including telephone and fax numbers.

6. Quality procedures on the CIMA course 6.1 Student participation regarding attendance, coursework and mock exams/feedback on coursework We highly value student participation regarding various areas of the tuition provision. Students will be asked for the feedback on a very regular basis. 6.2 College quality procedures: The college applies the following quality procedure to assure the quality of the course. 6.2.1 Bi-annual questionnaires for student feedback These questionnaires will be provided to every single student at the mid of the session and the result used to improve the performance. 6.2.2 Bi-annual working lunches with students A staff-student consultative group will be formed at the start of the session. This group will give it feedback at the middle of the course a working lunch will be held where the course leader, course administrator and the student representative will be present. At the end of the lunch a questionnaire will be distributed and suggestions taken from the student representatives. The class representative will be speaking on behalf of all of the class. The minutes of the meeting are taken and at a later date signed by the class representative as a record. No other teaching staff attends the meeting. Minutes of the meeting are taken and, at a later date, signed by the class representative. A second meeting is held in the middle of the second term with the same procedures as the first meeting. Included in the discussions will be a review of the subjects raised at the first meeting.

6.2.3 CIMA teaching staff meetings At least one meeting is held every week where all of the CIMA teaching staff participates to discuss matters arising and challenges faced during that week.

7. CIMA tuition calendar 7.1 Semester dates Session for May 2014 exams Start date: January 2014 End date: April 2014 Session for November 2013 exams Start date: June 2013 End date: October 2013 *Please note that some extra revision classes might be held even after the session end date. 7.2 Holidays Classes will be held seven days a week. However each student will have a maximum of six classes a week and one day will be off.

8. CIMA teaching staff details Telephone contact number and email addresses Name

Subject(s)

Salman Samnani Emad Gohar Rijas Abu Baker Arkam Abdul Rehman Huzefa Hydrie Ibrahim Rafey

P3,F3 E1,E2,E3 P1, P2 F1, F2 P1 F1, F2

Phone no 66736768 33533689 55179061 30056122 66970594 77244704

Email address salman@excellence.qa emad@excellence.qa rijas@excellence.qa arkam@excellence.qa huzefa@excellence.qa

ibrahim@excellence.qa

9. Student services • • • • • •

Excellence Training Centre offers the following student services. Computer and internet access for all students Sports facilities like table tennis, foosball, badminton Counselling facilities and career guidance for each subject Internships with our partner companies Workshops/ event on student development

*The course leader/administrator will discuss the student handbook before the start of the classes.

10. Fee structure The fee each paper of certificate level is QAR 2000 and for rest of the levels the fee is QAR 2500 for each paper (in which tuition classes, study material, mock exams and revision classes are included). The fee for gateway exam is QAR 5000 (in which tuition classes, study material and revision classes are included).