Adoption and effectiveness of Computerized Accounting Systems in public senior high schools in Asante Akim Dstrict, Ghana.

Abstract

Numerous organizations, including schools, utilise computers to carry out essential tasks, such as accounting, developing payroll systems, controlling inventories, forecasting, and profitability analyses of the organization. This study sought to ascertain the effectiveness of the computerised accounting system in public schools in the Asante Akim District, Ghana. The study has the following as its research objectives: to investigate the difficulties that schools have when using computerized accounting systems; to determine the extent of computerized accounting system usage in educational institutions; to investigate how well schools are doing with regard to switching from manual accounting to a computerized method. The study adopted a quantitative research approach and survey as its design. The researcher used structured questionnaire to collect the data. The study found out that, there is inadequate on-job training for accounting and finance staff related with CAS. Furthermore, the researcher asserted that, CAS, saves time and efficiently less expensive. The researcher highly recommends that, institutions like schools and others create an ongoing practice of utilizing computerized accounting systems that make it simple to prepare financial reports.