The British Council’s Rapid Response Remote Proctoring Solution for ACCA

The British Council worked in partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), to develop a full service remote proctoring solution that allows candidates the option of sitting their exams at home and continuing their professional development journey in accountancy.

As the COVID-19 pandemic started to impact exams globally from March, test centre exam delivery became all but impossible in many countries as local lockdown restrictions were imposed. As a global organisation that works with over 140 UK Awarding Organisations to securely deliver 4.5 million high stakes exams annually, it was important to adapt and provide a tailored solution for our largest professional awarding organisation client.

In mid-April, with COVID-19 restrictions widespread globally, ACCA set the British Council the challenge of launching a secure remote proctoring solution by early June for ACCA’s on-demand exams, usually invigilated by ACCA approved providers worldwide. We worked tirelessly with ACCA to meet the deadline, and just eight weeks later, on 7 June, the solution went live and has been running successfully to date.

The British Council has worked with ACCA for over 30 years and has supported ACCA with their transition from pen-and-paper to computer-based testing (CBT) in over 500 locations in 130 countries worldwide. ACCA now has more than 227,000 members and 544,000 students in 176 countries and is one of the world’s fasted growing accountancy membership bodies.