Information and Communication Technology Skills Sufficiency of Egyptian Accounting Graduates

摘要

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