The high demand for accounting software has created a ‘competition’ with those who are learning accounting studies in college. These students think that accounting software will replace their job opportunity when they graduate. However, this opinion is proven wrong. As a matter of fact, implementing accounting software will make their job easier. In some universities, accounting software has become the main subject. It shows that accounting software has its contribution and benefit to the education field. The benefits of accounting software in education are:
- Accounting Software Subject will create competent accountant in the future.
Some universities have accounting software subject for its students. It indicates that the university recognizes the company needs for fully skilled accountant in the future. Having accounting software knowledge will improve the students’ competency in recording and preparing the financial statement by accounting software. Mostly the institutions collaborate with accounting software developer for this course, like Zahir Accounting. Nowadays, the number of Zahir Accounting users have increased significantly. Rewarding the students with accounting software certificate will be the added value for students in applying for an accountant job.
- As the alternate subject in Accounting Computer Lab.
The more companies implementing accounting software encourage the university to open the accounting software subject in the computer lab. During the course, the students are no longer overwhelmed by complicated excel formula. Installing the accounting software in the accounting computer labs provides the new challenge for students to learn accounting.
- To be the certified accounting software course. The accounting software installation in the accounting computer lab, the institutions is allowed to hold the certification test of accounting software. This will open new opportunity to have additional income, besides the lecturing activity.
Accounting software gives many benefits to the educational institutions. In the future, the institutions need to collaborate with accounting software developer to hold accounting software training. Like Zahir Accounting which has built the collaboration with some outstanding universities such as UI, UIN, Yarsi, Gunadarma, etc to provide the software accounting training.
