Online IFA diploma exams dubbed 'a logical step'

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Online diploma exams are a 'logical step' according to Wizard Learning, which has just completed its roll-out of practice exams for advisers taking the CII Diploma in Financial Planning.

"I hope that one day we will see students being able to take their actual Diploma and Advanced Diploma exams online whenever they want and getting their results back in days rather than weeks or months," says Mike Goldsmith, managing director of Wizard Learning. "If the CII are interested in delivering a 21st century exam service we would, of course, be happy to show them how to deliver it," he adds. Goldsmith believes an online exam offering would require effort in generating enough exam material including a huge bank of questions to draw on, especially for the CII's multiple choice qu...

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