ACCA exam script robbery - your say

Read what trainees have been saying about the 'great ACCA exam robbery'

The Pass/BPP Talkback Line has been red-hot with your comments, read a selection below. *I am a lecturer living north of the border and half a dozen of my students have been affected by the great ACCA exam script robbery. They are understandably extremely distraught as they are now well into study for their next papers and had been quite confident that 2.6 was now out of the way. So their preparation, like hundreds of others, for June has now been severely disrupted. Name and telephone number supplied *It’s really sad that a great number of trainees are going to have to retake their exams. The only advice I can give is that until any further developments, students should avoid wasting time thinking about what to do about it, and just start preparing for the resit as soon as possible. Lets’s all hope for some leniency from ACCA over this issue and good wishes to everyone involved in resits. Name and address supplied *Following the theft of the exam papers, which may not necessarily be the fault of ACCA, some of my colleagues have gradually realised that the organisation’s recent performance has been deteriorating - especially in the student affairs area. Name and address supplied *I have to say that (although it may not be popular opinion) I feel sorry for the ACCA over the theft of their exam papers. They didn’t want this to happen and are likely to come in for criticism. If they do all they can in the situation, that is all we can ask. It is not as if the other bodies would be able to deal with the situation any better is it? Name and address supplied * ACCA making trainees retake 2.6 is such a waste of time and all through no fault of their own. At least the costs won’t be passed on to the re-sitters. This whole situation is really hard to believe. Name and address supplied * I think ACCA has suffered a number of student related errors lately but it still has an extremely high reputation across the world. However, I do think students are getting worried about what appears to be one problem after another. Name and address supplied * Following the news on the stolen ACCA papers, there is no doubt in my mind that the students should have to sit the paper again, however, ACCA should have done the following: * Given all students at least six weeks notice of the re-sit * Lower the pass mark to 40% * Pay for all of the costs of attending exams, ie time off work, cost to employers etc. I sat 2.6 in December and would hate to sit it again, but ACCA could argue that if we forget what we knew six or so weeks ago, are we really worthy of being members? However, we never completely remember everything we've learnt for an exam. We build ourselves up into a peak of knowledge, knowing that we can give 100% on the day. I am fairly certain that if those students work hard enough, they should get through this re-sit. The other problem is those who are opted into the Oxford Brookes degree will be relying on a high mark with 2.6 for the degree classification. A re-sit may cause certain students to resent ACCA in a way and maybe not give their all in the exam, like they did in December - this could have adverse effects on the degree they were after. Good luck to all those who have to re-sit, there is no doubt that you don’t need this, especially if like me, you sat 2.6 with your part 3 option papers and you are now revising for the final three. The final three papers are extremely difficult - you just don’t need a further distraction in the form of a re-sit, but things have happened and you must get through it. Name and address supplied