Education
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To provide underprivileged Singapore youths with academic potential access to quality accountancy education through financial and non-financial assistance, so they can maximise their potential.
Each mentor will be paired with at most two mentees. This is to ensure that both mentors and mentees will benefit from the programme with the former being able to provide adequate mentoring to their mentees, and likewise the mentees receiving adequate attention from their mentor.
- Mentoring programme will span for a year.
- Duration and frequency of meetings can be separately agreed between each mentor-mentee pair.
- Each meeting will last approximately 1 hour.
Matching the Mentor and Mentee
- Mentor and Mentee will be matched by the ISCA Cares Team.
Pre-Meeting
- Mentee is required to fill up a pre-meeting form and share with the mentor prior to the first meeting.
Follow-up
- Mentee will be expected to be proactive in arranging these meetings, with due consideration given to mentor’s time and schedule.
- Mentors and mentees are encouraged to connect or meet at least once every three months.
Expected Benefits for the Mentee
- Identify career goals and career planning objectives, gaining a role model for professional development, friendship
- Exposure to ideas, connections and professional network, and access information on career options, valuable advice and suggestions for success, and/or improvement
- Enhance confidence and communication skills when interacting with senior professionals
Expected Benefits for the Mentor
- Sense of personal enrichment by helping these youths to grow and succeed
- Help change the world for underprivileged youths by encouraging them to stay focused on their studies, aspirations and becoming a professional accountant
- Enhance one’s own coaching and leadership skills
Community

To harness the knowledge, skills and expertise of the accountancy community for impactful community development projects through collaborative programmes, to help society build the necessary capabilities and capacities for a better tomorrow.