Employers should provide skills
Aug 01, 2011
HIGHER education state minister Dr. J.C Muyingo has appealed to employers to provide practical training opportunities for professional accountancy students.
By Anthony Olwoch
HIGHER education state minister Dr. J.C Muyingo has appealed to employers to provide practical training opportunities for professional accountancy students.
He was recently speaking during the release of June 2011 examination results for accountancy courses by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU).
The institution is mandated by the Accountants Act to regulate the accountancy profession in Uganda.
“As an educationist, my passion is to produce people with skills. As you all know, apprenticeship is very important in molding professionals. I encourage students to work hard to achieve their desired goal as accounting technicians and professional accountants respectively,†he said.
The results were presented by Patrick Ben Kagoro, the chairman of ICPAU’s Public Accountants Examination Board.
A total of 3,152 candidates sat papers in the CPA (U) course in June 2011, compared to 2,970 candidates in December 2010.
Four hundred and thirty eight candidates attempted papers in the ATC (U) course in June 2011, compared to 461 candidates in December 2010. Thirty eight candidates completed the ATC (U) course, compared to 49 in December 2010.
“So far, 750 students have qualified as professional accountants through the CPA (U) examinations which were established in 1997; 1,244 accounting technicians have qualified (515 females and 729 males) since the establishment of the ATC (U) examinations in 2001,†Kagoro noted.
Derrick Nkajja, the secretary and ICPA (U) boss, urged schools to utilise school days to invite professional accountants to encourage students to take professional accountancy courses.
Muyingo commended the institute for examining professional ethics and values.
HIGHER education state minister Dr. J.C Muyingo has appealed to employers to provide practical training opportunities for professional accountancy students.
He was recently speaking during the release of June 2011 examination results for accountancy courses by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU).
The institution is mandated by the Accountants Act to regulate the accountancy profession in Uganda.
“As an educationist, my passion is to produce people with skills. As you all know, apprenticeship is very important in molding professionals. I encourage students to work hard to achieve their desired goal as accounting technicians and professional accountants respectively,†he said.
The results were presented by Patrick Ben Kagoro, the chairman of ICPAU’s Public Accountants Examination Board.
A total of 3,152 candidates sat papers in the CPA (U) course in June 2011, compared to 2,970 candidates in December 2010.
Four hundred and thirty eight candidates attempted papers in the ATC (U) course in June 2011, compared to 461 candidates in December 2010. Thirty eight candidates completed the ATC (U) course, compared to 49 in December 2010.
“So far, 750 students have qualified as professional accountants through the CPA (U) examinations which were established in 1997; 1,244 accounting technicians have qualified (515 females and 729 males) since the establishment of the ATC (U) examinations in 2001,†Kagoro noted.
Derrick Nkajja, the secretary and ICPA (U) boss, urged schools to utilise school days to invite professional accountants to encourage students to take professional accountancy courses.
Muyingo commended the institute for examining professional ethics and values.