CIMA examination results - First diet of a new syllabus
28 July 2005
As the increasingly preferred chartered accounting qualification of choice, CIMA today releases the first examination results of its new syllabus - the international 'gold standard' qualification for accountants in business in both the private and public sectors. CIMA launched its 'new generation' curriculum in 2004 following extensive international research among employers, CIMA Members and Students.
The results once again reflect CIMA's global reach and success with world prize winners emerging from Switzerland, Pakistan, Ireland and the UK. Results at the new managerial level show significant improvement, reflecting high standards of achievement and the well received 20 minutes reading time. Results at strategic level are 'mixed' with very disappointing Financial Strategy performance but with a reasonable start to the new and challenging Risk & Control Strategy paper. TOPCIMA results are very poor.
Robert Jelly, Director of Education, said:
'We are unflinching in our unwillingness to compromise our world-wide uniform quality standards and we need to seek ways of improving student performance in this critical Case Study by closer co-operation with our CIMA tuition providers and in increasing our student support.'
For further information please contact:
Lottie Muir, CIMA
020 8849 2407
lotttie.muir@cimaglobal.com
Notes to editors
1. CIMA (The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) is a leading professional body that offers an internationally recognised qualification in management accountancy, focussing on accounting in business. It is the fastest growing UK based membership body, in terms of members, in both the UK and worldwide and is the voice of over 150,000 members and students in 156 countries. CIMA is responsible for the education and training of management accountants who work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit and has more members in the public sector than any other UK based body. CIMA prides itself on the commercial relevance of its syllabus, which is in tune with the activities of high performance organisations, and evolves continually reflecting the latest developments in global business. It is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy. For more information about CIMA, please visit http://www.cimaglobal.com/
CIMA Pass Rates for May 2005 Examinations
Paper | UK Pass Rate | | Combined Pass Rate |
|---|
| | | | |
| Managerial | | | |
| P01 - Management Accounting - Performance Evaluation | 45.5% | | 42.0% |
| P02 - Management Accounting - Decision Management | 53.5% | | 49.0% |
| P04 - Organisational Management and Information Systems | 78.7% | | 72.5% |
| P05 - Intergrated Management | 65.4% | | 62.6% |
| P07 - Financial Accounting and Tax Principles | 79.1% | | 79.0% |
| P08 - Financial Analysis | 61.0% | | 58.5% |
| Strategic Level | | | |
| P03 - Management Accounting - Risk and Control Strategy | 52.3% | | 45.2% |
| P06 - Management Accounting - Business Strategy | 55.1% | | 49.4% |
| P09 - Management Accounting - Financial Strategy | 42.0% | | 35.6% |
| P10 - Test of Professional Competence in Management Accounting | 36.3% | | 33.0% |
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