Accounting Skills Training in High Schools From the Perspective of Accounting Professionals

Abstract

Applied vocational courses have an important role in preparing students for business life. The application of accounting skills training, which is compulsory in Vocational and Technical Anatolian High Schools, is an application that gives qualifications to candidate of professional accountants in terms of professional development. In the world where information technologies are constantly evolving, skills training is also necessary in order to have a positive contribution to career development by supporting the theoretical education received from the school together with sufficient professional experience. There are some researches on skill training which is evaluated from the perspectives of teachers and students in the literature. The students who will receive skills training will have some expectations from the instructors in the workplace, and the instructors will have some expectations from these students. For this purpose the study is to contribute to the field with conclusions and suggestions for improvement of the quality of skill training in high schools by revealing the opinions of the accounting profession by using survey technique. In this study, it is tried to determine the opinions of accounting professionals who have provided skills training about training process. As a result of the analysis of survey data it is reached that the internship is not as efficient as intended, the students cannot meet the expectations of the sector and the present curriculum lacks some vital elements.