NWU makes a mark with steller SAICA results
The NWU celebrates their accounting students who achieved outstanding results in the ITC and ICAN exams.
The North-West University (NWU) has outdone itself once again.
The NWU celebrates their accounting students who achieved a 99% (76 out of 77 candidates) first-time pass rate in SAICA’s January 2022 exams for the Initial Test of Competence (ITC) and a 100% pass rate (11 out of 11 candidates) in the Namibian institute (ICAN) exams. The results were released on Friday 25 March 2022.
Prof Nico van der Merwe, coordinating programme leader for Chartered Accountancy in the School of Accounting Sciences, says this is an excellent achievement considering that the average pass rate in the country for all first-time candidates was 78%.
“I would like to congratulate all our graduates who successfully passed this challenging exam. Even under extremely difficult circumstances throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, our students persevered, and I am so happy that they can now reap the fruit of their hard work,” he said.
Only 29 candidates in the entire country passed with honours d of the 29 were three NWU candidates. It is remarkable if it is taken into account that more than 2 000 students wrote the exam.
Four of the five ICAN top five candidates were from the NWU. One of these candidates also passed with honours. Prof Nico concluded that he is very grateful for the excellent team of lecturers who spared no effort in ensuring that teaching and learning could continue under the challenging Covid-19 circumstances.
