The Abilities of First-Year Trainee Accountants to Apply Knowledge Acquired Through Accounting Academic Educational Program in Accounting Practice Ako Oben, James Ifunanya Nwosu, Lilian Mahlaule, Calvin First-year trainee accountants Accounting academic programme Accounting practice Professional skills Technical competence Aspiring first-year trainee accountants are expected to possess basic skills and competencies before entering accounting practice. Accounting academic programme assists first-year trainee accountants with developing and integrating professional skills, technical competence, and professional values, ethics, and attitudes. The purpose of this study was to assess the abilities of first-year trainee accountants to apply knowledge acquired through accounting academic programme in accounting practice. Qualitative data was gathered through a semi-structured interview with 10 first-year trainee accountants and two audit manages. Results from the thematic data analysis revealed that first-year trainee accountants are facing various challenges in the workplace due to limited technological and professional skills, and technical competence acquired through academic programmes. Recommendations were made that could aid in better-informed accounting education and profession. 2022-04-08T10:40:59Z 2022-04-08T10:40:59Z 2022-01-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article James Ako Oben, Lilian Ifunanya Nwosu, Calvin Mahlaule (2022). Development Of An Anxiety Scale For Chemistry Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers, Vol. 13(1). 203– 215. DOI: [10.47750/jett.2022.13.01.023] 1989 – 9572 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/74263 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España Universidad de Granada