Pressure mounts for tertiary providers to review accounting education

Calls for tertiary providers to lift the standard of accounting education continue to increase as an accounting boss takes aim at graduates’ lack of business nous.

by | Aug 6, 2019

accountants must become more relevant to their SME clients

Speaking with Accountants Daily, Cohen & Krass director Anthony Cohen said tertiary educators needed to review the current accounting syllabus to bring graduates up to speed with the business advisory role that accountants play in their business clients’ life.

Read more at the Accountants Daily. 

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