Measuring the accessibility of accountancy programmes with special emphasis on chartered accountancy in South Africa

• Main Author: Terblanche, Ester Aletta Jacomina
• Other Authors: De Clerq, Bernadine
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Accessibility of higher education; Accessibility indicators; Financial skills shortage; Shortage of accountants and chartered accountants; Participation rate; Educational attainment; Educational Equality Index; Gender Parity Index; Gross Enrolment Rates; Net Enrolment Rates; Graduation rates; Level of attainment; 657.071168; Accounting > Study and teaching (Higher) > South Africa; South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18369

South Africa is experiencing a financial skills shortage with a severe shortage of accountants and chartered accountants in particular. The aim of this study was to measure accessibility of public higher education in South Africa, in general and specifically relating to accountancy programmes with special emphasis on chartered accountancy programmes in South Africa, by making use of selected accessibility indicators. Although some of these indicators have been used to measure accessibility of higher education in general both locally and internationally, they are not often used to measure accessibility of a programme for a particular profession such as accountancy or chartered accountancy. This study aimed to fill this gap by measuring the selected accessibility indicators and providing subsequent rankings of the four public universities selected for this study. The results can be used by institutions that offer accountancy and chartered accountancy programmes as well as the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, as the profession’s Education and Training Quality Assurance body, to evaluate the accessibility of accountancy as well as chartered accountancy programmes. === Financial Accounting === M. Compt. (Applied Accountancy)