Top 10 placings for three Wits students
School of Accountancy opts to do things differently and this approach is bearing fruit for its students
Wits School of Accountancy students have taken three of the top 10 places in the recent Initial Test of Competence (ITC) professional examination set by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica). Justin Logie, Dusan Ecim and Kayleigh Greenslade took fifth, sixth and seventh places with honours, respectively in the examination’s top 10. Adding to the students’ achievements is the high across-the-board first-time pass rate, namely 89% compared to the national average of 82% and Wits black African students scored an 84% first-time pass rate, way ahead of the national average of 74%, with Wits Indian students scoring a 90% pass rate and coloured and white students achieving a 100% pass rate. Prof Nirupa Padia, Head of School at Wits School of Accountancy, says: "We were very happy with the overall pass rate and our students have come second nationally with these results. We are doing things differently and this is bearing fruit for our students. "We only take students...
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