Get Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) @ SLIATE Sri Lanka

By | August 14, 2019

Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA)

Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) course got a very long history, and this course is the first professional accounting course in Sri Lanka. This HNDA program has started in the year 1973 as a National Diploma in Accountancy. In the year 1946, the name of the program was changed as the Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA). There is a massive demand for this Accountancy diploma in the job market.

Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) is considered as an alternative for B.Com Degree offered in Sri Lankan government university and this course equaled by the Public Administration Circular No.46/90 of 1990. Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) is one of the leading Accountancy Diploma conducted in Sri Lanka.

Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) course is conducted by Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education (SLIATE) under the Ministry of Higher Education Sri Lanka. There are so many job opportunities available for those who completed this diploma program under the area of accountancy .

There are so many higher educational opportunities are also available for HNDA Pass out students. Those who successfully completed HNDA program can start the carrier as registers auditors in private organizations. However, there are lots of job opportunities available for those who achieved this diploma in accountancy field of Sri Lanka as well as abord.

HNDA Course Structure:

Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) is conducted on full time and part time basis  and this programme is studied under semester basis.

Full Time (The first and second year’s lectures are conducted as full time during weekdays, whilst the third and fourth year lectures conducted during the weekends).

Part Time (Part time program will be conducted during the weekends).

HNDA Entry Qualifications:

Full Time Course

  • Passes for all four subjects in one sitting at the GCE (A/L) Examination (Old syllabus) of which at least two should be credit passes obtained at the one sitting with Pure Mathematics or Accountancy as one of the subjects for which a credit pass should have been obtained A credit pass in Mathematics at the GCE (O/L) is considered as an alternative for a credit pass in either Pure Mathematics or Accountancy at the GCE (A/L) Examination. OR
  • Passes for all three subjects in one sitting at the GCE (A/L) Examination (New syllabus) with Combined Mathematics or Accountancy as one of the three subjects of which at least, two Credit passes should have been obtained.
  • A credit pass in Mathematics at the GCE (O/L) is considered as an alternative for a credit pass in either Combined Mathematics or Accountancy at the GCE (A/L) Examination. OR
  • Holders of National Certificate for Accounting Technicians conducted by the Department of Technical Education & Training. AND
  • An ordinary pass in English at the G.C.E. (O/L) Examination.

Part Time Course

  • Passes for all four subjects (Old syllabus) / three subjects (new syllabus) in one sitting at the GCE (A/L) Examination OR
  • Successfully completion of National Certificate in Accounting Technician, conducted by the Department of Technical Education & Training OR
  • Successfully completion of National Certificate in Business Studies (Accountancy Group) conducted by the Department of Technical Education & Training. Successfully completion of National Certificate in Accounting conducted by the Department of Technical Education & Training.AND
  • Practical Experience: – Applicant should be employed in the relevant field in a Government institution / public enterprises or a recognized firm

Exceptions to follow HNDA Program:

Those who are got following qualifications are elegible to exempth from first year of HNDA and directly admitted in the second year.

  • National Diploma in Business Studies / Business Finance
  • Higher National Diploma in Commerce / Management/, Business Finance /Business Administration
  • B. Sc. (Accountancy /Business Administration/ Business Finance) or B.Com
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) – CAB I and CAB II
  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants(CIMA) – UK -Part I and Part II
  • Association of Accounting Technicians – (AAT) – Stage III

Other Benefits of Following SLIATE HNDA

  • Mahapola Scholarships
  • Lanugae cum IT laboratories with multimedia facilities and workshop facilities etc.
  • Library , internet and sports facilities
  • Bus/Train concessionary Season
  • Course recongnized by the professional institutes.

Course Modules of HNDA Program

This Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) program is four years, and the education system is based on the semester. So the program consists 8 semesters and each semester got 15-week duration.

Following are the course modules conduct on a Semester basis.

Year1-Semester 1 Course Modules

  • Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
  • Business Mathematics
  • Commercial Awareness
  • Business Communication I
  • Introduction to Computers

Year1-Semester 2 Course Modules

  • Intermediate Financial Accounting
  • Statistical Analysis for Management
  • Micro & Macro Economics
  • Business Communication II
  • Computer Applications

Year2-Semester 1 Course Modules

  • Advanced Financial Accounting
  • Operations Research
  • Principles of Auditing & Taxation
  • Business Communication III
  • Database Management Systems & Data Analysis

Year2-Semester 2 Course Modules

  • Cost & Management Accounting
  • Computer Applications for Accounting
  • Marketing Management
  • Business Communication IV
  • Project Management Tools & Programming

Year 3 – Semester 1 Course Modules

  • Advanced Management Accounting
  • Financial Reporting
  • Business Law
  • Advanced Taxation

Year 3 – Semester 2 Course Modules

  • Advanced Financial Reporting
  • Corporate Law
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management
  • Business System I

Year 4 – Semester 1

  • Financial Management
  • Strategic Management
  • Business System II
  • Computer-Based Accounting

Year 4 – Semester 2

  • Strategic Management Accounting
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Strategic Financial Management
  • Advanced Auditing & Assurance

HNDA Course Conducted At

In here, you can see that there are multiple institutes conducts this program all over the country.

No.

Name of the ATI/ATI section

Addresses

Full Time/Part Time

Telephone No.

01 Hardy Advanced Technological Institute, Ampara Inginiyagala Rd., Ampara Full Time 063-2222056
063-2223035
02 Advanced Technological Section
Anuradhapura
No. 35/388, Harishchandra Mw, Anuradhapura Full Time 025-2234417
03 Advanced Technological Institute, Badulla Greenland Drive, Badulla Full Time 055-2230818
055-2230218
04 Advanced Technological Section
Batticaloa
Main Street, Kovil Kulam, Arayampathi, Batticaloa Part Time 0652247519
05 Advanced Technological Institute, Dehiwala. Waidya Road, Dehiwala Full Time 0112738349
0112714270
06 Advanced Technological Institute, Jaffna. No. 665/5, Beach Road, Guru Nagar, Jaffna Full Time 021-2222595
07 Advanced Technological Institute, Kandy. No. 16, Keppetipola Mw,Kandy Full Time 0812226644
08 Advanced Technological Institute, Kegalle. Bandaranayake Mw, Kegalle Full Time 035-2221297
09 Advanced Technological Institute, Kurunagala. 22/1, Wilgoda Road, Kurunagala Full Time 037-2224911
037-2229583
10 Advanced Technological Institute, Galle. Siridamma Mw, Labuduwa, Akmeemana. Full Time 091-2246179
11 Advanced Technological Institute, Gampaha. Naiwala, Essalla, Veyangoda Full Time 033-2292544
12 Advanced Technological Section
Rathnapura
New Town , Rathnapura Full Time 045-2230780
13 Advanced Technological Section
Samanthurai
Main Street, Samanthurai Full Time 067-2261304
14 Advanced Technological Section
Tangalle
Yayawatta, Netolpitiya, Tangalle Full Time
15 Advanced Technological Section
Trincomalee
Inner Harbour Rd, Trincomalle Full Time 026-2223232

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