I made a thread on this a couple of months ago (linked below).
Some of this is a good thing and some of it bad.
I think the exam requirement might be a good thing as it might weed out the people from places with corrupt education systems who might have fraudulent qualifications if they can’t pass the exam.
The CPD bit sounds like it might just be another money spinner for training centers. Unless there is actually new stuff that people are learning, which seems unlikely as there are not that many new developments in DP. It will more likely just be repeating the same topics over and over.
A lot of maritime training seems not very necessary, but more of it is created because people who make money from training are friends with regulators who make the rules.