Aims
The Aims of Accounting at leaving cert level include the following
- To contribute to a balanced and appropriate general education, leading to the personal and social development, together with a fostering of the concept of accountability.
- To create an awareness of the business environment dimension in our lives and to provide you with knowledge, understanding and skills leading to personal competence and responsible participation in this changing and challenging environment.
- To provide an area of study that will encourage initiative and develop self-reliance, mental organisation, clear and logical thinking, mental agility, critical skills, planning habits, methods of investigation and processes whereby accuracy can be ensured.
- To offer a subject on the curriculum that is mainly of a practical application and which develops numeracy and a knowledge and understanding of business and enterprise through the use of figures, computations and statistics.
- To expose you to aspects of business and enterprise with a view to career and working life, additional studies in accounting or as a basis for further education.