Information and Communication Technology Skills’ Sufficiency of Egyptian Accounting Graduates

Abstract

This study aims at evaluating the sufficiency of ICT skills of fresh accounting graduates by soliciting the opinion of senior accounting professionals. A questionnaire used as the data collection method, and descriptive statistics used for analysis. The result of this research was surprisingly, as the level of the accounting graduates rated to be above average and they are very competent for current accounting profession in Egypt. The research revealed that any fresh graduate should be literate with Internet, word processing software, spreadsheet software, e-mail, commercial accounting software, and database management software. The research has several practical implications as well as a genuine value, as it provides current set of ICT skills tools needed by accounting profession in Egypt. Also, it calls accounting higher education institutions worldwide to keep investigating the requirements of the profession in order to produce graduates who are competent and up to market challenges.