Malaysia Professional Accountancy Centre (MyPAC), in a statement today, said the two students, Nurul Fatin Nabihah Hamdan, 25, and Siti Naziah Mohamad Nazid, 21, were among 92,000 candidates across the globe who sat for the March 2021 examination.
Nurul Fatin managed to obtain first place in Malaysia and seventh in the world for the Strategic Business Reporting paper. She graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi Mara, said the statement.
The statement said she decided to pursue the professional accountancy qualification to increase her probability of securing a job. With MyPAC’s assistance, she managed to obtain a full scholarship from Yayasan Sime Darby and started her ACCA programme in September 2020.
Due to the movement control order (MCO), Nurul Fatin has to continue her studies at home in Terengganu.
Equipped with only her mobile phone, she managed to also pass another paper which is Advanced Taxation in the same examination and has two more papers to complete at the “Strategic Professional” level and is expected to complete her ACCA qualification in September, the statement read.
Meanwhile, MyPAC said Siti Naziah managed to obtain first place in Malaysia and ninth in the world for the Audit and Assurance paper and started to seriously consider career opportunities as a professional accountant after attending MyPAC’s briefing session at the Mara Junior Science College in Kuala Kangsar.
Studying at home in Perak during the MCO was a challenge for Naziah as she kept failing the tests given by the lecturer and almost gave up.
However, some motivation and advice from her best friend and the counsellor at MyPAC drove her to focus.
Siti Naziah has to complete four more papers and is expected to complete her ACCA qualification in March 2022, the statement added.
MyPAC chief executive officer Zaiton Mohd Hassan regarded the success of these students from the B40 as a real testament that, given the right opportunity and guidance, people from the group can succeed in obtaining a professional qualification.
She said MyPAC will continue to work closely with various corporations and zakat authorities to select and fund deserving students from underprivileged families to pursue professional accountancy qualifications such as ACCA in the effort to increase the number of Bumiputera professional accountants.