COMPETENCY BASED CURRICULUM
A. COURSE DESIGN
COURSE TITLE : CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST
NOMINAL DURATION : 292 hours
QUALIFICATION LEVEL : NC III
COURSE DESCRIPTION :
This course is designed to develop and enhance the skills of the students
in general accounting process which includes analysing and classifying the
transactions and documents, recording in general journal and other special journals,
posting of journals to the general ledger, preparing unadjusted trial balance, making
month end/year adjustments, preparing the adjusted trial balance, preparing the
financial statements, recording of closing entries, preparing closing trial balance, and
recording reversal entries.
The students will also learn how to cope up with its working environment,know
how to prioritize,
CORE COMPETENCIES
(224hrs)
UNIT OF COMPETENCY MODULE TITLE LEARNING OUT
Introduction to Accounting 1.1 Overview of accounting 1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
Analyzing the Transactions 1.2 Economic Events
TENCIES
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LEARNING OUTCOMES NOMINAL DURATION
Define Accounting and its importance 4
Identify roles and responsibilities of
general Accountant
Understand the double entry system
Understand Debits and Credits
Identify the three types of business
organization, their similaries and
differences
Understand the accounting process
Identify the different books of accounts
and special journals