CMA to celebrate International Women’s Day by grant of 100 scholarships to women

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IFAC President Olivia Kirtley (2014-2016) presents the final certificate to S. Thushinthya a passed finalist of CMA in the presence of IFAC Executive Director Russel Guthrie and CMA President Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala

The Institute of Certified Management Accountants (CMA) of Sri Lanka the professional management accounting body in Sri Lanka incorporated by Parliament Act will award 100 scholarships to commemorate International Women’s Day which fell on 8 March.

CMA has taken the initiative to grant 100 scholarships for women to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 which states to ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning. Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development and is a UN goal which will be practiced by CMA which is a national professional management accounting body.

CMA has been awarding many scholarships for the past several years but the decision to give 100 scholarships especially for women was to commemorate the International Women’s Day and promote management accountancy among deserving students. The Institute of Certified Management Accountants (CMA) of Sri Lanka is a member of SAFA (South Asian Federation of Accountants) and serves on the Governing Board of SAFA, CMA is a Member of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) .IFAC is the Global organisation for the accountancy profession with 175 members and associates from 130 countries representing three million accountants in Public Practice, Education, Government Service, Industry and Commerce. CMA is also a member of the Confederation of Asian and pacific Accountants (CAPA).

The granting of scholarships to women is intended to act as a catalyst to increase the number of women management accountants in the country and to provide them with good jobs in the public and private sector, non-governmental sector and as academics in the universities and technical colleges. In developing as well as developed economies, management accountants are very much in demand and play critical roles in public and private sector finance and management accounting and managerial roles.

The scholarships will be classified under the following categories and those applying should indicate the category under which they are applying:

1) Graduates

2. Undergraduates

3. Students of Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education (SLIATE)

4. Those with 3 A/L passes

5) Private and public sector employees with accounting background

6. Those with part and full accounting qualifications.

The closing date for applications is 31 March. Those interested could send an e mail to [email protected] or contact Bhanuka on 077 8833363/Indika on 0777 593562 or 011 4641701-3 for application forms. Scholarship application and student registration forms are available on website www.cma-srilanka.org.