NBAA launched a new CPA syllabus to meet Professional demands

Wednesday, 4th June 2014 - NBAA launched a new  CPA syllabus to meet Professional demands.



The National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA) on Monday launched a new syllabus in a move to enable Tanzanian students who pursue Certified Public Accounts (CPA) to be recognised by the International Federation of Accounts (IFA).

The board’s examination and training bylaws requires that regular syllabi reviews be made for both accounting technicians and professional examination schemes after every five years.

Speaking after the official launch of the new syllabus, Permanent Secretary in the President’s Office, Public Service Management, George Yambesi said that NBAA should ensure the Tanzania’s CPA becomes known all over the world soon after the new syllabus start.

The PS said NBAA should also start to do organise CPA examinations outside the country like other accounting institutions instead of only making it a matter within the country’s boundaries.

“I am very happy because this new syllabus will assist our youth to work in any country in the world. The syllabus takes all international standards into account. This is the world of technology, we must ensure our education is valuable everywhere,” he said.

Earlier NBAA Chairman Prof Mussa Assad said the new syllabi are different from those in phase one. One of the major differences is the outcome and result objectives of the syllabi, he said.

He said the current syllabi are developed in terms of competence as opposed to knowledge based.

Prof Assad added that the move from the old system has been heavily influenced by the changing environment demand by employers and businesses.

The introduction of competence-based syllabi came up with fewer subjects including accounting technician level, which has eight subjects as opposed to the phased out syllabus which had nine subjects.

On the other hand, professional syllabus has fifteen subjects instead of twenty.

“We thank all who collaborated with us when preparing this new syllabus because it took us three years to complete it. The work was done simply by visiting various government, private and college offices so as to establish their demand for the competence based syllabus,” he said.

He said in order to ensure students pass NBAA examinations well it prepared special books for learning in each subject.

The books will provide guidelines on what is supposed to be done in each subject, he said.

Prof Assad called upon students to read others books in order to add more knowledge in their subjects, adding that the new syllabus will also introduce competence based syllabi to assist students pass well.

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN