Short Learning Programmes
Course in Accounting for School Governance (72192)
Course in Accounting for School Governance (72192)
Duration: One year. One intake per year
Language medium: English
Target group:
Administrative staff dealing with the accounting aspects of a school, school principals, members of governing bodies of schools, parents, educators, member of local communities and staff at educational departments who have an interest in education and governance in schools and who may want to obtain a formal background to accounting procedures for governing school finances or school fund raising and spending activities
Admission requirements:
Senior Certificate or an equivalent NQF level 4 qualification
Registration periods:
The course commences on 1 March. The closing date for registration is 29 February.
Course leader details:
Mr Vusumuzi Msiza MCompt, CA(SA)
Department of Taxation
Discipline expertise: Taxation
Office AJH van der Walt-building (Muckleneuk campus, Pretoria) UNISA
Tel: 012 429 4358
E-mail:ACSGenquiries@unisa.ac.za
Programme administrator:
Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp
Purpose statement:
The objective of this course is to equip students with a practical knowledge of accounting which will enable them to use basic standard accounting techniques to account for the various events that occur in South Africa schools in order to improve the general governance of the school.
Modules:
ACSG016 - Accounting for School Governance
Content:
Topic A Bookkeeping and business documents
School governance
The nature and purpose of accounting
The accounting equation
Business documents: Cash transactions
The recording of cash transactions
Credit transactions
Topic B The application of bookkeeping systems
Inventory systems
Bank reconciliation
Final accounts
Topic C Internal control and budgets
Internal control
Budgets