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Changes to the CAT Qualification
Minor changes to the Advanced Level papers (5-10)
21 Aug 2008
From June 2009, there will be some minor changes to the Advanced Level papers of the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) Qualification.
- The pass mark will be increased from 40% to 50%.
- All exams will include some multiple-choice questions (MCQs)
- 24% of Paper 5 will become MCQs (two-hour exam)
- 20% of Papers 6–10 will become MCQs (three-hour exams).
The overall syllabus for the qualification will remain unchanged, although some material from Paper 7 will be moving to Paper 10.
The pass mark will now be in line with the ACCA Qualification, which is 50% for all papers. This will ensure that CAT students are prepared for the ACCA Qualification should they choose to continue their studies. For those CAT students who decide not to study the ACCA Qualification, their technical competence will be assured as they will have to correctly answer at least half of the exam paper in order to achieve a pass.
Please note that this does not affect CAT students currently studying for the December 2008 exams; the changes will not be applied until the exams scheduled for June 2009.
Access the revised study guides and pilot papers for Papers 5-10.