Forty students, fully sponsored by the Labour Fund, have begun their training at Ernst & Young's state-of-the-art training centre at the Al Moayyed Tower in Bahrain.
The students, 14 males and 26 females, were chosen from an initial group of 280 applicants through a combination of interviews and exams and are enrolled in the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) programme.
"The CAT programme is an important part of the Accounting and Finance Skills Gap project," said vice-president of Human Capital Development at the Labour Fund Dr Ahmed Abdul Ghani.
"This is a qualification that has world-wide recognition. The CAT programme is a stepping stone on the way to achieving ACCA status which is a highly recognised professional qualification that adds tremendous value to its holder's career prospects," he added.
The CAT programme is aimed at science and commercial secondary school graduates who graduated within the last five years with an average Tawjihi score of over 80 per cent.
The programme uses approved revision materials as well as case studies, extensive class work, simulation and formal instruction to prepare candidates for passing the required examinations.
"The CAT qualification comprises a combination of exams and practical experience. It is designed to equip employees with all the necessary technical skills and knowledge required to fulfill an accounting role to technician level. It also provides a firm foundation of knowledge and the opportunity to fast track becoming a professional ACCA accountant," said executive manager of Business Community Training for Ernst & Young Deen Jayah.
The full list of accepted students is as follows: Ahmed Mohammed Khadem Mattar, Dalal Mohammed Bader Eid, Huda Ali Ahmed Khadem, Wafa Darwish Ghuloom Hassan, Mohammed Ghuloom Hussain Mohammed, Ali Ahmed Baqer Abbas, Kawthar Abdulla Essa Al-Dalal, Fatima Mohammed Ebrahim Ebrahim, Hissa A.Hakeem Helal Al-Thawady, Ehab Mohammed Noor Al-Shebli, Afrah Hassan Ali Hussain, Alya Hassan Ahmed Sarhan, Fatima Hassan Ali Al-Aswad, Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Burshaid, S.Hussain Shehab Mahfoodh Ali, Sumaia Murtadha Ali Dashty, Fatima A.Ghani Hassan Al-Hawaj, Mahmood Habib Mahmood Mahmood, Rabab Mahdi Saleh Abdulla, Fatima Abbas Mansoor Al-Sawad, Layla AbduAli Ali Radhi, Anfal Zahed Mohammed Fikree, Ali Khalid Jabber Al-Nasser, Dua'a Merza Ali Al-Adraj, Ebrahim Khalil Ebrahim Ali, Eman Mohammed Abdulla Al-Jassas, Sara Jaffer Makki Al-Khawaja, Hanan Ali A.Rahman A.Ghafaar, Jaffar Abbas Mohammed Al-Sairafi, Jaleela A.Hussain Hussain Masoud, Lamya Jaffer Khadem Bushehri, Mariam Ali Ahmed Al-Mail, Mariam Jaffer Habib Ashoor, Mohammed Habib Fadheel Al-Mansoori, Mona A.Ghafoor Taj Al-Balooshi, Mooza Abdulla Juma Al-Fazari, Nahed Khalid Hussain Al-Haqafi, Noora Ali Ahmed Bucheeri, Osama Ebrahim Taher Slail, Ridha Mohammed Jassim Ebrahim. - TradeArabia News Service