Calculators at the ready for learners for Olympiad 2018
THE SA Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) invites entries from Grade 11 and Grade 12 learners who are currently taking accounting as a school subject, and who wish to follow a BCom degree as further study.
Zobuzwe Ngobese, Marketing and Business Development Executive at SAIPA, says that since the competition’s inception in 2002, the institute had opened entries to Grade 11 pupils for the first time last year.
The aim with the Olympiad is to make accounting a subject of choice for learners and to expose them as early as possible to the accountancy profession.
‘We want to reach even more schools to make the subject of accounting popular again because our economy needs more accountants,’ said Ngobese.
Competition schedule
The first round exam paper is scheduled for 16 May at learners’ respective schools.
All learners who qualify for the final round will be invited to participate on 1 August.
The final round will determine the top provincial and national winners.
The top performers, as well as their teachers and schools, will receive great prizes of which more information will be communicated at a later stage.
Ngobese said SAIPA plans to open the Olympiad to pupils from Grade 10 in the future.
Entries officially close on 25 April, with no limit on the number of entries per school.
A registration fee of R50 per learner is applicable, but will be free for any learner from a no-fee school.
For more information or to request an entry form, send an email to saipa@ proverto.co.za, or visit the SAIPA website https://www.saipa.co.za/saipa-nationalaccounting-olympiad-2018/.