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Thuthuka students' perceptions of factors influencing success

Eloise De Jager
Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences | Vol 7, No 1 | a130 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jef.v7i1.130 | © 2019 Eloise De Jager | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 22 December 2017 | Published: 30 April 2014

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Eloise De Jager, School of Accountancy at Stellenbosch University, South Africa

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Abstract

South Africa has a shortage of black (African and coloured) chartered accountants. The Thuthuka Project, initiated by the South African Institute for Chartered Accountants (SAICA), aims to increase the number of black accounting students. The Thuthuka Project includes funding, as well as a comprehensive support programme, for black students to study BCom Accounting (or equivalent) at a SAICA-accredited university. This article reports on research into the factors that promote and hinder the academic success of Thuthuka students. The findings of this study might help other students to achieve success and may assist in the transformation of the chartered accountancy profession. A questionnaire was used to gather data on the perceived success factors of Thuthuka students (from all the SAICA-accredited universities in South Africa). It was found that Thuthuka students believed that support was the main factor contributing to their success, followed by individual commitment.

Keywords

Thuthuka; student perceptions; success factors; transformation; black students; chartered accountant; support

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