Chosing accountancy as a career as must be your passion. Studying for your accountancy qualification with ACCA is one among the choices that HSC leavers opt for as the qualification has worldwide recognition. Their rigorous and demanding exams ensures that one is well prepared to apply one’s knowledge to real world situations. Having the qualification sends a signal to employees that you are a professional. ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. ACCA aims to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.

In Mauritius we have various school of accountancy and private tutors to teach students. Here are some accountancy schools:

1. AEA training centre

AEA training centre offers short courses, Certificates, Diplomas, Advanced Diplomas, Degrees and Master degrees. Students can opt either for distance learning courses or face to face lecture-based courses.

Why Choose AEA Training Centre for ACCA?

All of their tutors have individually demonstrated their effective and efficient lecturing abilities by producing the best performing students with the highest marks nationally. On many occasions their students have missed the top rank owing to a marginal difference in marks (1 or 2 points). Some of these students have achieved such excellent performance despite they have never done accounting at secondary level, given that AEA Training Centre start everything from scratch in the first level. Still, some of them manage to pass all the papers at first attempt!

Facilities available:

Affordable fees structure
FREE study materials
International ACCA lecturers
Full Time & Part Time classes
Individual attention
Ease of access (at the door step of Victoria Bus Station)
Library
Free Wi-Fi access
After class support services
FREE Bus pass for Full Time students (Conditions apply)
Course counselling
Small class size
HRDC refund (applicable as per rules in force)
and Flexibility

2. London College of Accountancy

London College of Accountancy- Mauritius branch, started providing ACCA courses in July 2008 and was awarded the Approved Learning Partner- Student Tuition Gold Approval Certification in September 2008 by ACCA. It is worth mentioning that LCA is the first institution in Mauritius being awarded this status which is recognised worldwide. ACCA’s Approved Learning Partner – Student Tuition programme gives formal recognition to leading tuition providers of the quality tuition and support that they offer ACCA students. It is the platform from which ACCA and LCA can develop a mutually beneficial relationship, increasing the global availability of effective and innovative ACCA course delivery and first-class student support.

Facilities available:

● Located at Mezzanine Floor, Victoria House, Corner St Louis and Barracks Streets, Port Louis and at 2^nd Floor, Nexteracom Tower III, Ebene, Cybercity.

● Current student population of more than 1500 students representing more than 2500 entries in terms of subjects

● Offering all 16 papers of the ACCA professional qualification together with the BA(Hons) Applied Accounting programme in partnership with the Anglia Ruskin University (UK)

● LCA has received the support of a number of local employers which have been sponsoring their staff to follow ACCA courses at LCA.

● LCA has already implemented a structure to report the progress of sponsored students to their employers. Employers in Mauritius are looking for quality tuition but at the same time they want a constant feedback on the performance of their employees and LCA can satisfy this requirement.

● Courses are conducted in high quality air-conditioned lecture rooms where the latest teaching tools are used .

● The prices proposed by LCA are highly competitive in terms of price and quality comparison.

● LCA has recruited qualified lecturers from the market who are masters at teaching the syllabus in a thorough and interactive environment.

● Students have access to library and computer facilities with internet access.

3. BSP School of Accountancy & Management

BSP School of Accountancy & Management welcome students who wish to pursue their higher education and gain practical training in the field of Accountancy, Management and Audit. Diverse range of courses, both actual and forthcoming, cater to the needs of all students who wish to study accountancy and management. At BSP School we ensure that the students get value for money training of the highest professional and academic standards.BSP School aims to become a centre of excellence for the development of finance professionals in Mauritius and the African region.

Facilities available:

Selected high calibre, qualified and experienced lecturers to ensure high quality tuition.
Modern infrastructure including 7 Hi–Tech classrooms to make your studies more efficient and comfortable.

Courses and study materials, including Manuals and Revision Kits of high standard, at low prices.
Courses for all ACCA papers.
Courses fully approved by the TEC for HRDC refunds.
Library
Full-time & Part-time Courses to suit your convenience.
Payments facilities.
We have only one campus now.
SME Outsourcing Training program – *Conditions Apply.

4. Sagittarius Centre for IT & Business Studies

Sagittarius has two branches. one is situated at Flacq offering the same courses as at Quatre – Bornes.

Sagittarius is a training centre offering courses in the following fields:

Accounting & Finance
Business Administration & Management
Computing & Information Systems
Marketing
Office Procedures & Secretarial Duties
Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Studies

Facilities available:

Lecture rooms
The lecture rooms are organized as follows:

Room 1: Main lecture room, equipped with OHP, TV, Video and Video Projector. Can accommodate 36 students.
Room 2: Equipped with OHP and can accommodate 16 students
Room 3: Is used as the computer room and has as installation 12 networked computers, printing, scanning and internet facilities.

Room 4: Can accommodate 20 students
Room 5: Is used as a reading room as well as lectures (small discussion classes)
Room 6: Can accommodate 25 students
Room 7: Can accommodate 12 students and is used for small workshop classes
Room 8: used for administration and students counselling
Room 9: Used for Accounting and Finance classes
Room 10: Used for HRM and related lectures
Room 11: Used for discussion and Case studies
Room 12: Used for Degree courses

Each classroom has the facility to be connected to the LAN

Internet connection
The entire offices are connected to the Internet on a lease line and therefore, students can have access to the web according to their time.

Library
Sagittarius does not have a library as such but maintains a good stock of reference materials and books which are always at the disposal of our students.

However, any candidate joining Sagittarius automatically enjoys membership privileges at the British Council library.

Students Administration

Administration staff will look after all administration aspects of the students, including registration and examinations entries.

5. Elite Business School

Elite Business School is a hub where the priority is to deliver quality education but it doesn’t overlook the student life and experience. Elite believes that knowledge is not only gathered in classroom but with different other activities. They want awesome experience for their students, staffs and faculties through different activities, for example- guest lecturers, industry visit, excursion, team building exercise, competition, events and get together.

Why choose Elite Business School

Elite is a private Tertiary education institute and its courses are TEC and MQA approved.
Elite is situated at the center of the country at Ebene which is a Business hub and heart of Mauritius and easy to commute from any part of Mauritius.

The infra around is very modern and less crowded in comparison to Port Louis (Capital)
Elite has air conditioned classrooms equipped with computers and projector and a glass board with capacity of 20-30 students in one class.
Elite believes in student teacher ratio for a better delivery of the academics. The maximum ratio that management has decided is for 1:30.

Regular internal assessments done to measure the level of understanding during the delivery of program.
Every program time table has a supervised class work and study hours so that students don’t have to stress much about the academics when they are not in Elite.
To have a healthy and productive environment Elite takes a monthly feedback of the lecturers from the students to monitor the performance.

Facilities like Water cooler, Air condition, Tea and Coffee Machine and WIFI are available within the campus.
Achieved top paper awards and quality delivery awards from the accredited bodies since 2015.

WHAT ARE THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ACCA QUALIFICATION?

The minimum entry requirements for the ACCA Qualification are:

Two A-Levels and three GCSEs (or their equivalent)
*These need to be in five separate subjects including English and maths.

WHAT ARE THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR FOUNDATIONS IN ACCOUNTANCY?

There are no minimum entry requirements – you can start at any level. However, the Introductory Certificate is recommendable if you have no formal qualifications, especially if it has been a while since you completed any studies. This is because students who start at the Introductory Certificate and work their way through the Foundation level-qualifications perform better in the higher level exams.