However, many students performed well considering the change. There were those who might have been a little apprehensive or not as accepting at the start, with some students having studied with CIMA (and the old syllabus) for a long time.
Objective Test Pass Rates
As you can see though, the official results below give a good indication of how management OT students have performed between January and December 2015:
We can see that students performed well particularly in E2 'Project and Relationship Management', with 9 out of 10 students overall passing the exam!
In comparison you will see that pass rates for the P2 'Advanced Management Accounting' and F2 'Advanced Financial Reporting' exams were considerably lower.
We know from speaking to many of our students that the 'performance' pillar in general is often seen as more difficult than the others, but the 'financial' pillar was also a challenge for many students based on the results in 2015. Going forward these two areas appear to require greater focus and effort in order to improve pass rates.
These figures highlight the fact that these pillars are hardest for new students to the exams, as first time pass rates were 44% and 47% for P2 and F2 respectively.
Overall, it appears that the new Objective Test format has been well received and many students achieved good results in the first year of the new exams.
However, there is no room for complacency so we will all need to work hard to continue to be even more successful in 2016!
Case Study Pass Rates
In terms of the case study pass rates, they were as follows:
The year started off with some poor results all round for the case study. This would be expected however considering the syllabus and structure change.
However, as we can see, the Management and Gateway levels were the only ones to show consistent improvement in 2015 of all the case study exams.
This is promising for those of you moving onto or about to sit the management case study or gateway exam! Though we'll be hoping for this improvement to continue into 2016 with the February exam which is currently underway.
However, be warned, it does by no means mean that the 2016 exams will be easier!
Summary
So what can we take from all of this? There is not a great deal that can be directly linked to the 2016 exams, as the results are now behind us, it is instead important that you can learn from the results and see that there are still areas in which you can improve your studies, such as by not becoming complacent when it comes to the case study exam (don't expect the exams to get easier!).
Or from the Objective tests, where you will have to remember to put in as much effort as you can in all of the pillars at management level, as you are never guaranteed a pass (especially first time around!).
For more information on all of the management study materials for 2016, visit the Astranti website here:
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