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Why choose accounting for the leaving cert?
Accounting has a very positive role to play in the general education of senior
students. It fosters a unique combination of values, attitudes and skills within the
senior cycle. Within the business studies family Accounting has a niche of its own.
The study of Accounting is invaluable and has a direct relevance to the present and
future life of every young person, in that:
it facilitates the acquisition of a language which is universally used in
communications within the business world and within society at large
enter the work force immediately or proceed to third-level education and should they
become involved in voluntary organisations
students. It fosters a unique combination of values, attitudes and skills within the
senior cycle. Within the business studies family Accounting has a niche of its own.
The study of Accounting is invaluable and has a direct relevance to the present and
future life of every young person, in that:
- it develops problem-solving and computational skills and an awareness and
- it develops skills in the use of figures in business communications, in analysis
- it provides a subject choice for those students who have an aptitude for
- it cultivates mental discipline, develops the powers of concentration and
it facilitates the acquisition of a language which is universally used in
communications within the business world and within society at large
- it links the accounting process with Information Technology
- it fosters the concept of accountability.
enter the work force immediately or proceed to third-level education and should they
become involved in voluntary organisations