34 Our key focus areas tie in with the national imperatives of addressing skills shortage and nation building. overview the school of accounting is a leader in the country in the field of professional education in accounting. accordingly, we are extremely proud to have over the years consistently been producing the highest number of black students of residential universities in the annual sAiCA itC exams. As we contribute to the growth of the accounting profession, our key focus areas tie in with the national imperatives of addressing skills shortage and nation building. we challenge and update the curriculum regularly to ensure that we stay at the forefront. the school implements the latest teaching methods using blended learning and taking cognisance of the opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution. our programmes change the landscape of Accounting education in south Africa. itc results 2019 the saiCa itC results for 2019 confirmed the school’s leadership position in transforming the accounting profession in south Africa. following the June results, the school has an overall pass rate of 92.3% for the 2019 itC cohort, and once again produced the highest number of successful black candidates of all residential universities nationwide. the results confirmed the school’s leadership position in transforming the Accounting profession in south Africa with a combined number of 155 black candidates passing the sAiCA itC exams in 2019. AccreditAtions And AFFiliAtions our qualifications are accredited by professional bodies including the: • south African institute of Chartered Accountants (sAiCA). Although sAiCA is a national professional body, an international dimension exists by virtue of the reciprocityagreements between itself and several foreign professional accounting bodies that allow south african candidates qualifying as chartered accountants to work in various other countries. • Chartered institute of management Accountants (CimA). • Association of Accounting technicians (AAt). • association of Chartered Certified accountants (aCCa). • south African institute of professional Accountants (sAipA). • south African institute of tax practitioners (sAit). our affiliations include: • the south African institute of Chartered Accountants (sAiCA) has been on a drive to make the Ca(sa) qualification accessible through the accreditation of previously disadvantaged institutions. • the university of Venda (uniVEn) in the Vhembe region of limpopo and the university of Johannesburg (uJ) entered into a memorandum of agreement in 2014. the partnership between the departments of accountancy in the two institutions was established in collaboration with sAiCA and BAnksEtA with the aim to mentor uniVEn towards the accreditation of their BCom degree for the Ca(sa) qualification. in october 2019, sAiCA accredited the univEn undergraduate programme for the training of prospective CAs(sA). • the department of accountancy continues to contribute to the development of the chartered accounting profession in the southern african development Community Region (sadC). We are in a collaborative partnership with the namibia university of science and technology (nust) to assist their institution towards obtaining accreditation by its local professional accounting body, the institute of Chartered Accountants of namibia (iCAn). onta AmAndA dempsey Director: School of Accounting
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