ELECTRONIC ACCOUNTING: AN IMPERATIVE TOOL FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Abstract
This study investigated the uses and benefits of electronic accounting skills to Accounting Education students. A structured questionnaire was administered to 66 Accounting officers comprising of 30 Accountants in the private organizations and 36 Accountants in the public organizations in Abakaliki Urban of Ebonyi State. Out of the number of questionnaire administered, only 60 copies were retrieved. Two research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation and two hypotheses were tested using the t. test. All the items in the questionnaire were agreed by the respondents to be the uses and benefits of electronic accounting to accounting education students. The researcher then recommended that electronic accounting packages should be included in the curriculum of all the universities
offering accounting education programme.
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