Accountancy is an ideal career for incoming college students. Mathematical in nature and involves comprehensive calculations as well. You need to analyze the financial data of an organization for the entire year and then perform the calculations accordingly. The University of the East is well known in Accountancy Graduates because of high passing rate in CPA Board Exam. During the enrollment in UE Caloocan for first semester in 2011, many of the incoming freshmen were enrolling for BSA, because of the job opportunities awaits them when they become a CPA. Accounting students in UE Caloocan are trained. They have a good faculty to guide them, they provide seminars, and the provide reviews before the exams. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
For others, when they hear that you’re an Accountancy student, it means that you are intelligent and good in solving problems, but it’s not easy to be an accountant student. Many BSA students failed and shifted to other courses because of the retention policy. You need to maintain your grade at least 2.00 or higher in accounting subject and also include some minor subject like ECO 101(Economics) and BM101 (Business Math).
Some students find it difficult to maintain their grades. For some reasons they fail to maintain it. The purpose of this research is to know the factors and reasons why students fail and forced to shift to other courses, and find out some possible ways to pass Accountancy course. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This research aimed to know how the BSA students maintained their grades. Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions: 1. What is the profile of the students in terms of:
Pass/Fail System
The Use of Pass/Fail System The only thing that will give you as much heartache in school as love are grades (Colaba, n.d.). Throughout a student’s life in school, one is taught from society that the most important aspect in studies is to get good grades. Because of this, students’ motivation, learning, and even his or her personal progress are marginalized by the ‘ultimate goal’, which are the ...
2.1 Age
2.2 Gender
2.3 Year
2. What are their ways of maintaining their grades?
3. What particular subject they find difficult?
