School matriculation as an indicator of success in an accounting programme at Technikon Natal

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dc.contributor.advisorKew, Jacquien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorO'Reilly-Bargate, Karenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-02T09:04:45Z
dc.date.available2015-01-02T09:04:45Z
dc.date.issued2002en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 83-87.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe high failure rate of students at Technikons is of great concern to all who are involved in tertiary education. If the current entrance requirements, which are predominately based on matriculation results, are failing to select successful students, these entrance requirements need to be investigated to determine if they are accurate predictors of success. The research reviews the current entrance requirements to Accounting programmes offered at Technikon Natal, and tests the reliability of these requirements, namely matriculation results, as predictors of success in the programmes. Predictor variables such as overall matriculation results, individual subjects or combinations of subjects are considered. The research used students registered for an Accounting diploma at Technikon Natal from 1996 to 1998. The progress of these students was monitored over the period of three years required to complete the Accounting programmes. Overall matriculation results, measured by Swedish points, and subjects studied for matriculation were used to determine if a correlation exists between these results and the number of subjects passed in each year of study. The overall conclusion is that students who have 26 Swedish points and above and/or Accounting matriculation results of a HG-D or SG-C pass more subjects in each year of the three-year Accounting programme than those students who have not achieved these results. The concurrent study of Accounting, Mathematics and Economics was significant for the second and third year of study. A degree of caution is necessary here as students with lower results were also successful in the completion of the Accounting programmes within three years.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationO'Reilly-Bargate, K. (2002). <i>School matriculation as an indicator of success in an accounting programme at Technikon Natal</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,College of Accounting. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10956en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationO'Reilly-Bargate, Karen. <i>"School matriculation as an indicator of success in an accounting programme at Technikon Natal."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,College of Accounting, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10956en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationO'Reilly-Bargate, K. 2002. School matriculation as an indicator of success in an accounting programme at Technikon Natal. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - O'Reilly-Bargate, Karen AB - The high failure rate of students at Technikons is of great concern to all who are involved in tertiary education. If the current entrance requirements, which are predominately based on matriculation results, are failing to select successful students, these entrance requirements need to be investigated to determine if they are accurate predictors of success. The research reviews the current entrance requirements to Accounting programmes offered at Technikon Natal, and tests the reliability of these requirements, namely matriculation results, as predictors of success in the programmes. Predictor variables such as overall matriculation results, individual subjects or combinations of subjects are considered. The research used students registered for an Accounting diploma at Technikon Natal from 1996 to 1998. The progress of these students was monitored over the period of three years required to complete the Accounting programmes. Overall matriculation results, measured by Swedish points, and subjects studied for matriculation were used to determine if a correlation exists between these results and the number of subjects passed in each year of study. The overall conclusion is that students who have 26 Swedish points and above and/or Accounting matriculation results of a HG-D or SG-C pass more subjects in each year of the three-year Accounting programme than those students who have not achieved these results. The concurrent study of Accounting, Mathematics and Economics was significant for the second and third year of study. A degree of caution is necessary here as students with lower results were also successful in the completion of the Accounting programmes within three years. DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - School matriculation as an indicator of success in an accounting programme at Technikon Natal TI - School matriculation as an indicator of success in an accounting programme at Technikon Natal UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10956 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10956
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationO'Reilly-Bargate K. School matriculation as an indicator of success in an accounting programme at Technikon Natal. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,College of Accounting, 2002 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10956en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCollege of Accountingen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherAccountingen_ZA
dc.titleSchool matriculation as an indicator of success in an accounting programme at Technikon Natalen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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