ICASL seminar for teachers

On new syllabus:

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) has initiated a move to educate teachers of the Western Province on the New Accounting Syllabus which is to be applied in the near future.

ICASL for the past few years has been conducting seminars of this nature as part of its social responsibility.

This seminar which is scheduled to be held today comes under the series of 'Guru Nena' seminars which are conducted with the aim of bringing the latest advancement of the Accounting subject to our very own shores. The President of ICASL Nishan Fernando said that 'To uplift the standards of students and education we have to enrich our teachers.

It is what we intend to do at the end of the day with seminars of this nature. This seminar would mainly focus on the new syllabus applicable for Accountancy for G.C.E Advanced Level students; and would articulate the new theories which are included in this new curriculum.

The seminar would be conducted by G.A Dayananda and Anil Fernando who are both Senior Lecturers of the Department of Accounting and Financial Management at the University of Sri Jayawardenapura.

T. Dharmarajah a Council Member and an experienced lecturer would articulate the new concepts that are included to the Accountancy subject.