Research Paper

Chapter 1

The Problem and its Background

I. Introduction

Accountancy is a profession that plays an important role in all societies. As the world moves toward global market economies, and with investments and operations crossing borders to an ever greater extent, professional accountants need a broad global outlook to understand the context in which business and other organization operates. (Commission on Higher Education, 2006).

Many fresh graduates from different schools aiming for a better future choose to take up the said program. But before the students grasp the title of becoming a Certified Public Accountant, they must overcome a lot of obstacles, and one of this is passing the qualifying examination.

A qualifying examination is organized to screen the students as a sort of evaluation as to what they have learned. It refers to an examination that qualifies a student to continue his/her studies and see how prepared they are for the looming examinations (www.wikipedia.org).

Different schools set their own standards regarding the qualifying examinations held in the selection of those deserving BSA students. In Batangas State University, Second Year College Students take this examination, hoping to pass and continue their goal of becoming an accountant someday. Certain changes we’re made recently on the curriculum used in the exam that results to different reactions not only to the students but also to the instructors of the Accountancy program.

Will the changes regarding the curriculum used in qualifying exams be more effective than the ones used before? What are its effects to the students? Will it help increase the quality of education offered by the Accountancy program in BatStateU?

II. Statement of the Problem

The purpose of our study is to know the effectivity of the new system imposed regarding the qualifying examination in the program of Accountancy in BatSateU. We would also like to know the reactions of those...