Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA)

Full time/ Part time

The HNDA programme is the first professional accounting course introduced in Sri Lanka. It was started in 1943 as the National Diploma in Accountancy with the aim of detecting and preventing frauds, errors and malpractices in Ceylon Tea Estates and Ceylon Railway. Then, it was converted to a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) in 1946. It has been gaining popularity over the time and in 1963, an evening course was also introduced in order to meet the market demand. The HNDA was considered as an alternative to B.Com degree offered by the National Univercities of Sri Lanka by the Public Administration Circular No.46/90 of 1990. The mandate for auditing enterprises excluding public sector organizations as certified auditors was granted to the HNDA holders in 1968.Since 2001, HNDA programme has been conducted by the Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education (SLIATE) at the Advanced Technological Institutes Island wide.

Entry Qualifications

Should have the following:

Passed the G.C.E. (A/L) examination in the commerce stream in one sitting with Accounting as one of the subjects.

And

An Ordinary pass for English at the G.C.E. (O/L) examination.

Course Duration

4 years

Full Time (The first and second year) lectures are conducted on fulltime basis during weekdays, whilst the third and fourth year lectures are conducted during the weekends.