EXAMINATION REFORMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22053, 8 September 1933, Page 6

EXAMINATION REFORMS

DISCUSSKD ISY ACCOUNTANTS. Various proposals for amendments in examinations conducted by the New Zealand University were considered by the council of the" New Zealand Society of Accountants at its recent meeting at Wellington. It was agreed that candidates who hadbeen granted provisional matriculation prior to January 31, 1032, should not be required to pass again in subjects which had already been credited to them. The council adopted a recommendation of the Education Committee that the

regulations covering the professional examinations should be amended eo that a ! candidate for these examinations might take not more tlian five subjects at one time (instead of six), and thus bring I the regulations into line with the B.Com. Statute- which allowed not more than ■ five subjects at one time. The new regulation would be effective for the j examination in November, 1935. It was ! resolved that the section of the B.Com. j . statute requiring a candidate to pass in book-keeping and accounts (stage 1) before he could sit in auditing, should be amended, so that this restriction would be removed. " Eestrictions make awkward cases," remarked the president (Mr 6. W. Eeid)

All 6orts of combinations could occur in the grouping of subjects, and the present restriction in the statute could be a hardship in some cases. It was decided that one of the regulations governing examinations for the professional course should be amended so that candidates who had the two subjects j of advanced book-keeping and auditing : to complete the course would be allowed i to take these subjects one at a time instead of being obliged to sit for both, as at present. The amendment should come into effect for November, 1933. The president said that as these two subjects were very important it would be an advantage to concentrate on on» at a time.