An 18-year-old college student has become Ghana's youngest chartered accountant. Princess Korkor Boateng, a level 400 student at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), finished her qualifying exams in April 2023 and is now qualified to become a chartered accountant. Boateng's success is even more astounding given that she is still a university student at the age of 18. In an interview with TV3, Korkor Boateng described her path to success, stating that it all began when she took a common entrance exam while in primary six to enter Akosombo International School (AIS).
“I went to Akosombo International School (AIS). When I got to primary six, I wrote the AIS common entrance exams. The school has this special common entrance exam you have to write before you get admitted. So, I went straight from primary six to AIS,” she said.
At age 15, Korkor Boateng gained admission to the Premier university, to pursue a Bsc Business Administration. It was at the same time that she enrolled in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana (ICAG); in 2019.
“I knew my academic schedule, I know the number of courses I will take a semester and it's normally six courses. So, I take about four courses from the professional programmes and then I draw my timetable according to that.
“But then with the university, after every semester there are breaks and long vacation breaks. So, I made use of those vacation breaks as well to learn the professional course.
“It took about three years because I started in level 100 and I just graduated. I finished the course in April 2023,” Korkor Boateng continued. Although Boateng's achievement is a testament to her hard work and dedication, she said it was not an easy task, especially combining her studies as a Bsc Business Administration student and an ICAG student.
“First of all it was not easy, it was very difficult. There were times I had exams the same period I was having an IAs [Interim Assessment] and there were times I would write an IA and tomorrow I would have a professional exam,” she added.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
