Forum to enhance graduate skills

Priyanka KURUGALA

The Kelaniya University Accountancy Department will hold their seventh Accounting Forum - 2010, on August 3, at Hilton Hotel, Senior Lecturer in Finance Dr P K P Thilakerathna said at a press conference held at the Information Department.

The theme of this forum will be Knowledge Management for Economic Revival.

He said, a decade ago local graduates did not cater to the job market. The private sector always asked why graduates did not fit into the job market. The Accounting Department of the Kelaniya University plans to find employment to graduates. And the Department has studied the way to increase the quality of graduates.

This Forum was inaugurated to enhance the quality of graduates, he said.

The most important achievements of this forum are designed to enhance the management skills of graduates.

These students will impart their abilities to the private sector. The private sector now provides employment to graduates. All the funds for the forum are found by the students, he said.

Department of Accountancy, Head U L T P Gunasekera said, the scholars get a good feedback from the training providers. Now these scholars have collected Rs 700,000 for the fund. There are two degree programs in the Department of Accountancy. These programs are Bachelor of Business Management (Accountancy) and Bachelor of Business Management (Finance).

These are four year courses. In the third year every student is attached to an audit or non audit institution for practical training.

That is the most important aspect of education. Most of the time they get the opportunity to work for such institutes as employees, she said.