SHASHA ACADEMY — FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Questions about your Accounting learning, resources and support?
Find concise answers about Learning Paths, Modules, Supplementary Resources, Premium Resources, Review Questions, Assessments, Strategic Revisions, Guess Papers, Video On Demand, Academic Doubts and Virtual Classes on Demand.
If you are looking for a specific resource, start with your Accounting pathway and follow the relevant links provided throughout the website.
Getting Started
What is Shasha Academy?
Shasha Academy provides structured Accounting learning resources, practice, assessment, examination preparation and academic support across IGCSE, AS, ASCM, A2 and A2CM pathways
Which Accounting pathways are available?
Shasha Academy provides resources across five Accounting pathways: IGCSE, AS, ASCM, A2 and A2CM.
Where should I start?
Start with the Learning Path for your Accounting pathway. It provides the relevant programme and module structure and helps you identify the resources available to support your learning.
Do I have to use every resource?
No. Different resources serve different purposes. Use the resource that matches your current need — learning, practice, review, assessment, examination preparation or additional academic support. Resources have direct nexus with the contents of the particular topic, lesson, module, subject … Lesson wise, Module wise at regular intervals and year end revision and mock exams.
Do I have to follow everything in a fixed order?
The Learning Path provides a structured progression, but you may revisit earlier material or use additional resources when you need further practice, revision or clarification.
Learning Paths & Modules
What is a Learning Path?
A Learning Path provides the structured route for a particular Accounting pathway. It brings together the relevant programmes, modules, learning activities, revision and assessment opportunities.
What is a Module?
A Module is a defined part of the relevant Learning Path covering a particular area of Accounting learning.
How should I use the Modules?
Work through the relevant module content, practise what you have learned, review your performance and return to areas that require further work.
Where can I find the resources for my Module?
Start from your Learning Path and select the relevant Module. Associated resources and activities can then be accessed from the relevant sections of the website.
Can I return to an earlier Module?
Yes. Revisiting earlier Modules is useful when you need to strengthen a concept, correct an error or prepare for an assessment or examination.
Supplementary & Premium Resources
What are Supplementary Resources?
Supplementary Resources provide additional Accounting learning and practice beyond the core Learning Path. They are informed by the official syllabus, past papers, mark schemes, Examiner Reports and prospective syllabus developments, with additional coverage of identified learning needs.
Why are Supplementary Resources provided?
They provide additional opportunities to develop understanding, practise application and address learning or examination needs that may benefit from further coverage.
Are Supplementary Resources only questions?
No. Depending on the particular resource, they may include learning material, activities, questions, answer keys, worked solutions, marking guidance or other supporting material.
Are answers or worked solutions provided?
Where appropriate, answer keys, worked solutions, marking guidance or other feedback materials are provided. The type of supporting material depends on the individual resource.
What are Premium Resources?
Premium Resources provide additional structured learning and practice materials designed to extend and strengthen learning within the relevant Accounting pathway. They are lesson wise, module wise, subject wise.
When should I use Supplementary or Premium Resources?
Use them when you need additional explanation, practice, reinforcement, examination-style application or further coverage beyond the core Learning Path.
Review, Practice & Assessment
What are Review Questions?
Review Questions provide an opportunity to revisit and apply material covered during learning. They can be used to check understanding before moving to further practice or assessment.
What is the Assessment section?
The Assessment section provides opportunities to test your understanding and identify areas that may require further study or practice.
What should I do after completing an assessment?
Review your performance, identify errors or areas of uncertainty, revisit the relevant learning material and practise again where necessary.
Should I use assessments only before an examination?
No. Assessments can be used throughout your learning to check progress and identify areas requiring further work
Examination Preparation
What are Strategic Revisions?
Strategic Revisions provide focused examination-oriented revision to help consolidate knowledge, skills and examination techniques.
What are Guess Papers?
Guess Papers provide additional original examination-style practice designed to help students apply their knowledge under examination conditions.
When should I attempt Guess Papers?
They are particularly useful after you have studied and practised the relevant material and are ready to test your application under examination-style conditions.
How should I use a Guess Paper?
Attempt it under appropriate examination conditions, review your answers and identify the topics or skills that require further work. Then return to the relevant learning or revision resources.
Are Guess Papers a substitute for studying the syllabus?
No. They are additional practice and diagnostic resources. They should be used alongside the relevant Learning Path, learning resources, practice and revision.
Video On Demand
What is the Video On Demand Centre?
The Video On Demand Centre provides recorded learning support that students can access when they need additional explanation, reinforcement or revision.
When should I use Video On Demand?
Video On Demand can be useful when you want to revisit a concept, reinforce your understanding or review a topic at your own pace.
Is Video On Demand the same as a Virtual Class?
No. Video On Demand provides recorded learning support. Virtual Classes on Demand provide focused live academic support for an individual learning requirement, subject to availability and confirmation.
Academic Doubts & Virtual Classes
What is the Academic Doubt service?
The Academic Doubt service allows students to submit a specific Accounting question, difficulty or point requiring clarification.
What happens after I submit an Academic Doubt?
The doubt is placed in the response queue and reviewed in the order received. Academic doubts are handled on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to availability and the nature of the doubt.
What information should I provide when submitting an Academic Doubt?
Provide enough information for your doubt to be understood clearly, including the relevant programme, lesson or module and the question or difficulty. Where useful, supporting material such as a screenshot may also be provided.
What are Virtual Classes on Demand?
Virtual Classes on Demand provide focused live academic support based on an individual student’s learning requirement.
How do I request a Virtual Class?
Submit a Virtual Class enquiry through the Virtual Class Request Form. The enquiry will be reviewed and teaching availability, timing, duration, fees and applicable service arrangements will be considered before confirmation
Does submitting a Virtual Class enquiry guarantee a class?
No. Submission of an enquiry does not guarantee a Virtual Class. Requests are considered first come, first served, subject to teaching availability, confirmation and the applicable service arrangements.
What is the difference between an Academic Doubt and a Virtual Class?
An Academic Doubt is intended for a specific question or difficulty that can be submitted for review and response. A Virtual Class is a separate live-support service for a focused individual learning requirement.
Using the Resources Effectively
How do the different resources fit together?
The resources support different stages of the learning process:
Learn → Practise → Review → Test → Identify → Improve
Your Learning Path provides the structure. Supplementary and Premium Resources provide additional learning and practice. Review Questions and Assessments help check understanding. Strategic Revisions and Guess Papers support examination preparation. Academic Doubts and Virtual Classes on Demand provide additional support when required.
What should I do if I do not understand a topic?
First review the relevant Learning Path and supporting resources. Use Review Questions or other practice to identify the specific difficulty. If you still need clarification, you can submit an Academic Doubt or consider a Virtual Class on Demand where appropriate.
What should I do if I keep making mistakes?
Identify the specific error, review the underlying concept or method, practise a similar question and reassess your understanding. Use the relevant revision or support resource if the difficulty continues.
Can I use the resources for revision as well as learning?
Yes. Resources can be revisited for reinforcement, revision and examination preparation. The appropriate resource will depend on what you are trying to achieve.
How can I get further academic support?
For a specific question or difficulty, use the Academic Doubt service. For focused live individual support, submit a Virtual Class on Demand enquiry. Further communication takes place through the applicable support arrangement.
Finding What You Need
I am looking for a particular resource. Where should I start?
Start with your Accounting Learning Path. From there, follow the relevant Module, resource or examination-preparation section.
I am not sure which resource I should use.
Identify your immediate need first:
Understand → Learning Path / learning resources
Practise → Review Questions / Supplementary Resources
Test → Assessments
Revise → Strategic Revisions
Practise under examination conditions → Guess Papers
Revisit an explanation → Video On Demand
Resolve a specific difficulty → Academic Doubt
Receive focused live support → Virtual Class on Demand
Can I revisit resources after completing them?
Yes. Resources can be revisited whenever further practice, revision or clarification is needed.
LEARN → PRACTISE → REVIEW → TEST → IDENTIFY → IMPROVE
Use the Shasha Academy Learning Paths and resources according to your stage of learning and your individual requirements. You do not need to use every resource at every stage. The aim is to identify what you need next and use the appropriate resource to support that step.