- WINSTON SILL/Freelance Photographer
Professor the Honourable Kenneth O. Hall, (left), pro vice chancellor and principal of University of the West Indies exchanges a handshake with Mr. Linroy Marshall, president of the ICAJ as he receives the signed cooperation agreement between the UWI and ICAJ at the Mona Campus last Tuesday.
Susan Smith, Staff Reporter
PARTICIPANTS IN the Master's of Science (MSc.) accounting programme at the University of the West Indies (UWI) can be reassured that their training is of world-class standards and is tailored to meet the requirements of the new international business environment.
This declaration was made with the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) and UWI at the Mona Campus .
FORMAL SIGNING
The new agreement allows professionals in the MSc. accounting programme to use their degree as a route of entry to membership in the ICAJ. It will also ensure that the programme retains international standards facilitated by the exchange of academic and research material between the two institutions.
"This event marks a formal signing of a pledge of increased cooperation and commitment between the UWI and ICAJ, aimed at enhancing human resource development," said Mr. Linroy Marshall, president of the ICAJ, addressing guests at the event.
Under the directive of its parent association, International Federation of Accountants, the ICAJ was told to critically examine the training and educational processes of the UWI's MSc. in accounting programme to ensure it maintains international standards. Although the MSc. in Accounting at the UWI currently meets international standards, the ICAJ felt the best way to plan, review and monitor these standards was to forge an agreement of this nature.
