08-11-2005, 02:43 AM
The main reason is ofcourse schooling, alot of CAs and ACMAs or for that matter other professionals may not have an english medium schooling background. Having said that the standard of education on a general level is quite appalling, including some of the more expensive private schools in Pakistan.
Needless to say that student's level of English is directly proportional to that of their teachers, so we are in more of a vicious circle here.
Mani is right on the spoken and written front. However, I do find that most CAs and CMAs (that is once they qualify) make no ammends or efforts to improve upon their writting skills. I have had the experience of working with a lot of accountants from across the world and have nothing encouraging to report there. Most people find it quite difficult to construct a string of words into some thing logical. This is true for people coming from English speaking countries as well. The response that I usually get is that an accountant is'nt supposed to be a person expert in languages ! for that you have journalists and other humanities graduates. (This is what I got from an accountant educated and trained at a Big4 in the UK)
Among Pakistani accountants I see a major reason being a general lack of reading. So it boils down to this. Accountants not only have poor language skills but are also ignorant of what goes around. Exceptions withstanding !
Needless to say that student's level of English is directly proportional to that of their teachers, so we are in more of a vicious circle here.
Mani is right on the spoken and written front. However, I do find that most CAs and CMAs (that is once they qualify) make no ammends or efforts to improve upon their writting skills. I have had the experience of working with a lot of accountants from across the world and have nothing encouraging to report there. Most people find it quite difficult to construct a string of words into some thing logical. This is true for people coming from English speaking countries as well. The response that I usually get is that an accountant is'nt supposed to be a person expert in languages ! for that you have journalists and other humanities graduates. (This is what I got from an accountant educated and trained at a Big4 in the UK)
Among Pakistani accountants I see a major reason being a general lack of reading. So it boils down to this. Accountants not only have poor language skills but are also ignorant of what goes around. Exceptions withstanding !
