General ACCAIncreased Exam Fees from September 2020 Exams

You clearly haven't compared exam fees with some other accountancy professional body which are much much higher. Also ACCA puts a huge amount of investment behind the resources it provides for self-study students - you just have to visit the resources portal to appreciate just how much there is there https://www.accaglobal.com/an/en/student/exam-support-resources.html