7.2.1 Staff (Human Resource) SoA is faced with the challenge of balanced transformation to increase the quality of its programme and teaching and learning methods, and also its leadership and management to attract historically advantaged staff. Self-Evaluation by Nedbank Chair in Accountancy & Director of School (7.2.1): This serves to confirm that the University of Limpopo and SoA has currently no equity staffing problems as at least 90% of its staff is black. Professor C. M. Ambe 7.3 The Programme The University of Limpopo Thuthuka Project started in 2004 with the aim to obtain SAICA accreditation for its academic programme (CA stream) and to maintain these standards beyond this project with the following objectives:
• Capacity building of the University of Limpopo (UL) towards its achieving accreditation by the South
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African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) to offer the academic programme. • The second objective was to identify and nurture talent from the rural areas of Limpopo and to provide these students with access to a quality education and an opportunity to qualify as Chartered Accountants. • The third and final objective was to provide the recruited students with workplace readiness training, so as to enhance business’ access to suitably prepared employees in the workplace. Based on the above background, the BAccSc programme is designed to cater for the historically disadvantaged black students.
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Self-Evaluation by Nedbank Chair in Accountancy & Director of School (7.3.1): This serves to confirm that the University of Limpopo has learners from traditionally disadvantaged backgrounds. The four year BAccSc (BCompt) was designed to provide an opportunity to learners from a historically disadvantage background to become chartered accountants. In my opinion we are best placed to promote the transformation agenda of SAICA. Professor C. M. Ambe