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The
Institution
of
Chartered
Accountants
of Sri
Lanka (ICASL)
and the
Association
of
Accounting
Technicians
(AAT)
are now
located
in
Jaffna
too.
This
new
branches
opened
on Aug.
5, will
find
ways to
upgrade
higher
education
facilities
especially
in the
Northern
Province
in line
with the
Uthuru
Vasanthaya
program
to help
the
Northern
youth to
meet the
accountancy
demands
of the
21st
century,
said the
Secretary,
ICASL,
Mr.
Aruna
Alwis.
The
purpose
of this
program
is to
promote
Accountancy
and AAT
as a
career
choice
among
students,
and
enhance
the
capacity
and
quality
of
qualified
accountants
and
Accounting
Technicians
to serve
the
country.
The
ICASL
and AAT
have
developed
a
customized
study
course
to cater
to the
needs of
the
Accountancy
field
which
will be
delivered
through
the
ICASL
and the
AAT,
The
courses
have
been
designed
in
English
and
Tamil
media
for the
students
in the
North
while
qualified
teaching
staff
will
conduct
the
lectures.
This
will
initially
focus on
urgent
steps to
develop
an
intensive
program
to train
youth in
North
and East
in this
aspect
of
skills
training.
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