Depends on which paper you want to take for ACCA i would say then only from there you choose the recommended lecturer. I'm ex-PTPL and currently in Sentral Technology college

I think he mean Sentral. Maybe you can check here or contact sentral for more info

I was an TARC student, so I can provide you with some information regarding TARC ACCA. Basically, your daughter will be able to catch up with TARC syllabus if she didn't have any accounting knowledge at all. Many students without accounting knowledge went and study accountancy. But then she will be able to determine the accounts entries better if she had studied accounting in secondary(that's what I got from my observation).

TARC doesn't offer CAT but the students will have to start with diploma. When she has completed her diploma, she will be able to get exemption for 5 papers. If she proceeded to advanced diploma, she will be able to gain exemption for all the fundamental papers. TARC fees are really cheap, around RMRM700++ to 1k++ per semester and if your daughter is smart with at least 9A's she'll get 100% scholarship. 8A's would get her 75% scholarship. Besides there are also Star and other scholarships. If she graduated from diploma with at least CGPA 3.85 she'll continue getting the 100% scholarship. The advantage of studying in TARC is that the fees are really cheap but the downside is not all the lecturers are good since we cannot choose who to follow. KL colleges have way better lecturers.

You can apply for PTPTN loan for TARC ACCA course. There are many other loans you can apply also.

thestar and sinchew offers scholarship for CAT and ACCA, you can find them in their respective papers. AFAIK, Sentral also offers a 30% discount on tuition fees as long as you get a certain number of As.

You are correct in every sense.

MNC will accept only degree holders (cos they dont know how acca works). Another reason is that almost anyone can "study" acca but not everyone can pass but certain employers thought "if any tom,d*** & harry can take, is there any exclusiveness compared to CFA or ICAEW".

If you enter Big4 or audit firms you will be highly admired by degree holders. But if you are applying jobs is the opposite especially if you have no experience.

Difficulty is different to anyone, maybe its easy for you 

Ok I guess some of you guys have not applied for jobs before so I will give some hindsight from acca point of view.

Most MNC will require you to use their online application system (namely uses system of Taleo). Try some companies like Sime Darby, Petronas, Accenture,......etc. You will come to a column which states qualification possessed. You will not find professional qualification there, only degree, master or PHD. That clearly states their preference for degree holders. The only equivalent to professional qualification is professional certificate and that is below diploma. Reason being the HR people although they value ACCA holders but they prefer to groom them to be one instead of hiring one straightaway unless that person already has some experience. To counter that, 2 things :
1) A powerful resume or cover letter or
2) A degree (OBU) but they do not really recognise one but that will allow you to pass their initial entry system.

Another thing is that there are more US MNC than UK ones and they prefer their own CPA or degree rather than ACCA but acca is still acceptable but just less preferable. MNC prefer all rounded fresh graduates or professional qualification holders with some experience.
Newpaper does quote correctly about professional qualification but its actually : Professional holders. Means that you are already member not affiliate. With experience acca holders are more recognised compared to degree + experience but if you start from fresh graduates point of view, everybody is anybody.

Unless you apply to audit firms then its a different issue. They need professionals hence the recognition but since they dont need bond to stay at the firm, degree holders are still in contention.

The fastest way to gain recognition is to enter Platinum or maybe Gold certified employer. Audit firm is the fastest (ie : Big4). ACCA states minimum 3 years but it may take around 5 especially if working with commercial or small audit firms. Got pros & cons.

It depends which industry you audit, if you audit bank but apply for IT MNC then hardly relevant but still ok.
but its the skills you gained and network rather than the audit knowledge. They price what you know about other company controls and system. And ability to digest loads of dung. It also depends what position you are applying for.

I don’t like acca, why ? It gave me a passport straight to hell faster than anyone else.

You can check with ICAEW website for exemptions. They put a list of all the top universities in the world so you can check whether that degree is gains a lot of exemption. for degree normall only 3 to 4 papers exemption. For acca affiliate can get up to 11 or 12 papers exemption unless you chose perfomance management as optional since ICAEW doesnt recognise that paper. Only tax, finance or audit from 4 optional.