The Quality of Accounting Education in the Iraqi Environment – Reality and Aspirations

The Quality of Accounting Education in the Iraqi Environment – Reality and Aspirations.

Abstract:

This research aims to evaluate the status of accounting education quality in Iraq and highlight its most prominent defects. This research also aims to introduce some suggestions that would enhance the quality of accounting education and to reduce the gap between the current status and the International Accounting Education Standards (IAES). A questionnaire was developed to achieve the objectives of this study and distributed to a sample of 114 academic staff members from accounting departments across various public and private universities. The participants provided their perspectives on the state of scientific, practical, and technical qualifications, the financial resources and equipment available in these departments, as well as their views on the recommendations proposed in this research. The research concluded that the quality of accounting education in Iraq is average at its best, as the statistical analysis revealed that the level of academic qualification for students of accounting departments was slightly higher than the arithmetic mean (3.21), while the level of practical and technical qualification as well as the financial capabilities and equipment were low, as the general arithmetic mean for these axes was 2.97 and 2.96, respectively. It also showed that the proposed suggestions can help in enhancing the quality of accounting education and preparing a generation of graduates with the required professional skills necessary to enter the labor market

Keywords: The Quality of education, Iraqi environment, accounting education, IAES.

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