Accounting Education and Student Performance: A Case Study of Post Primay Institution in Nigeria

To support managerial decision-making, accounting is a set of concepts and methods that enable the recording, interpretation, and dissemination of financial data to interested parties.Principle of Accounts are taught by qualified teachers according to the data presented in the analysis, it is noted that students' computational abilities make the principle of accounts challenging.Sequel to this, this study aims at investigating accounting education and student performance: a case study of post primary institution in Nigeria.The participants in this study were residents of Enugu South Local Government Area, Nigeria.The research selected for this study was descriptive research design and sample technique of random sampling was used.The results based on respondents' responses show that computational abilities for principle of account is a problem for students.The study recommends that students should be introduced to the different books of accounts used in contemporary offices, such as the balance sheet, trial balance, ledger, and cashbook.This could be accomplished by taking them on field trips to large organizations that use the books of accounts.