Overview
What you will learn
The learning objectives of the Financial Statements (GRAP) for Public Institutions course offered by North-West University (NWU) are:
- The ability to provide guidance on the basis for the presentation of financial statements in conjunction with GRAP 1.
- Basic knowledge and informed understanding of fair presentation and compliance with the standards of GRAP.
- The ability to select, apply and provide additional disclosures where compliance with the requirements of a Standard of GRAP is insufficient to enable the users to understand the impact on the entity’s financial position and financial performance.
- Basic knowledge and informed understanding of why management should make an assessment of an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern when preparing the financial statements.
- The ability to identify and motivate, under GRAP, why the financial statements (excluding the cash flow) are prepared on accrual basis.
- Basic knowledge and informed understanding of comparative information that must be disclosed in respect of the previous period for all amounts reported in the financial statements.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- knowledge and skills to read and understand the financial statements based on fair presentation and compliance with standards of GRAP, going concerned and accrual basis of accounting.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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Language
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Disciplines
Finance Banking View 22 other Short Courses in Finance in South AfricaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Any line or programme manager within the public sector that is responsible for financial management and has a knowledge of the PFMA.
- Basic knowledge of finance
Tuition Fee
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International
8500 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 8500 ZAR for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
8500 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 8500 ZAR for the full programme during 5 days.
Living costs for Mankoeng
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.