Accounting education development

The report was prepared as part of the implementation of KAREP’s Component 3 “Improving accountancy education, financial literacy, and use of financial information”. The report aims to assist universities improve their accounting education curricula. It analyzes existing university programs in accounting and auditing and makes recommendations to achieve closer alignment to the International Education Standards (IESs) and best practices, in particular by leveraging the World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform’s accounting education activities.

This Guide seeks to provide guidance across the broad range of education, assessment, training and certification, including pre-and post-certification. It focuses on providing in-depth direction to educators on how to develop quality education and assessment materials within the context of a competency-based accounting education program.