Why were people not warned that CT8 would be bigger and involve significantly more study hours and two exams rather than one? I got an email to warn me that I would lose CT1 and CT6, but nothing ever mentioned about CT8?
Previously people have argued that the new curriculum is not going to increase time to qualification. The message from admin above confirms that CT8 is indeed much more work.
The change is that it is much more work. You now need 200 or 250 study hours instead of 125 or 150. You have to take two exams instead of one. You have to suddenly be proficient in excel. Previously the ifoa have said you can sit and pass the two exams separately and now it seems that this is not possible anymore.
If you fail you end up doing much more study and have to retake two exams rather than one. This is a huge disadvantage and will require much more work.
If you are not British you can join the IAI. They have an extra exam sitting due to the new curriculum in December so you can have an extra go at taking the old CT8. Even if you don’t pass CT8, under the Indian curriculum it says you can sit and pass the new CM2 exams independently which you can’t do with the ifoa exam.
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