Boost for CA Sri Lanka training partner portfolio

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) received a boost to its training partner portfolio recently after seven leading organisations agreed to support strategic level students following the Institute's globally recognised chartered accountancy course.

The seven new organisations are Agstar Fertiliser, Blue Ocean Holdings, Ceylon Paper Sacks, Expolanka Holdings, HSBC Electronic Data Processing, LB Finance and MBSL Insurance.

Training partner recognition certificates were presented to the companies by CA Sri Lanka, President, Sujeewa Rajapakse. CA Sri Lanka, Chief Executive Officer Aruna Alwis, Chairman of the Student Training and Development Committee, T. Dharmarajah and Alternate Chairman of the Committee Sanjaya Bandara were present.

Rajapakse said that training partners played a significant role in grooming qualified chartered accountants to the business world.

"Practical training is one of the features of the CA Sri Lanka program and this has been possible due to the large number of training partners from the public and private sectors supporting CA Sri Lanka which provide training to students following our programs," he said.

Rajapakse said that CA Sri Lanka has over 600 training partners, covering a large spectrum of industries in the public and non-public sectors. "Through our islandwide network of training partners, CA Sri Lanka will provide students with a greater selection in finding a training partner of their choice in an area of their preference," he said.

He said that CA Sri Lanka members play a commanding role in the corporate world today with approximately 60 percent of the top companies having at least one member from CA Sri Lanka represented in its board of management.

Chief Executive Officer of CA Sri Lanka, Aruna Alwis said that the three-year long practical training is an integral part of the institute's study program and the Institute believes that partnerships with training organisations will benefit its trainees and the accounting profession.

Alwis said that for the benefit of its student base of over 41,000, the Institute has its own modern multi-storied building which provides enhanced facilities and services.