Pakistan Audit & Accounts Academy, Peshawar

Background

The Office of the Audit and Accounts Training Institute Peshawar was established in 1980’s in a small classroom with in the premises of Accountant General’s NWFP, Peshawar Office. The main objective to establish the Institute, was to impart SAS (Subordinate Accounts Services) trainings to employees of the Accountant General and Treasury Offices at Peshawar. Late Khwaja Fida Muhammad Deputy Accountant General, (may Allah keep his soul in rest) was to manage all trainings activities.

Later on, with the increased scope of training activities demand for separate Audit and Accounts Training Institute at Peshawar was intensified. Therefore, a separate Institute headed by Mr.Rasheed Ahmad Saleh, Deputy Director was made functional in a rented building near Khyber Mail Office Peshawar Cantt some where in 1982. He remained for a short period of about 3-4 months and was succeeded by Mr. Khan Badshah, Deputy Director who put all his efforts in establishing the newly created institute at Peshawar and made it run successfully. The following Officers headed the PAAA Peshawar:-

Sr. No.	Name
1	Mr. Khwaja Fida Muhammad
2	Mr. Rasheed Ahmad Saleh
3	Mr. Khan Badshah
4	Mr. Najeeb Ullah Marwat
5	Mr. Ahmad Rasool Bangash
6	Mr. Raqeeb Ullah Khan
7	Mrs Hashmat Iqbal
8	Mr. Sikandar Khan
9	Mr. Muhammad Tariq Afridi
10	Mr. Arbab Sher Bahadur
11	Mr. Muhammad Ayaz
12	Mr. Amir Badshah Khattak
13	Mr. Muhammad Amin
14	Mr. Habib Ur Rehman
15	Mr. Ahmad us Saliheen
16	Mr. Amjad Hussain

Mission

Pakistan Audit & Accounts Academy Peshawar (PAAAP) is a prestigious institution for training of civil servants in the Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Focus of PAAA activities remains upon Financial Management, Auditing and Accounting, though other dimensions of effective management are also taken into account. The aim of the PAAA is to improve the quality and effectiveness of Public Policies and management in the province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by improving the quality of pre-service and in service trainings and education of all those engaged in Public service.

Mission of the Academy is to prepare and develop Human Resources of the Department, mainly in their profession as Auditors, Accountants, Managers and work facilitators so that they could pursue the departmental objectives efficiently and effectively in the light of departmental training policy.

Vision

PAAA aims at building and developing the H R capacity for undertaking tasks of policy formulation and implementation at tactical, operational and strategic levels.

Main Objectives of PAAA Peshawar

PAAA Peshawar up graded to a status of Pakistan Audit and Accounts Academy Peshawar in 2015 and dedicates improvement of governance in financial management by imparting trainings in new scenario of Audit and Accounts. In this sequence a series of courses like SAP FI, SAP HR, Basic IT, Information System Auditing, NAM, FAM, CAATS, ACL, Office Management, Project Program Audit, Public Procurement Audit, Certification Audit, Regularity Audit, are being conducted regularly.

The Pakistan Audit and Accounts Academy Peshawar is engaged to inculcate the importance and efficacy of trainings amongst the staff of Audit and Accounts offices as well provincial employees for their capacity building.

Achievements

PAAA Peshawar has been conducting short courses for Officers/Officials of Audit and Accounts /Federal and Provincial employees.

More than 2500 officers & officials of Audit and Accounts departments have been trained in various disciplines since the introduction of New Accounting System.
Besides, Computer Competency Practical Training (CCPT) is also being imparted by the AATI Peshawar to the AGP (PIPFA) candidates and about 230 candidates have so far been trained.
A good number of special courses on various disciplines have been conducted on the requests of client departments.

Available Facilities

Video Conferencing Room

Computer Lab

Library

Dining Hall

Class Rooms

ANNUAL TRAINING PLAN 2018-19

Participants level (BPS 07-18)

Calendar of short courses 2018-2019	Duration	Dates
July 2018
1. Good Governance and Office Management 2. MS Office	03 days 05 days	17/07 to 19/07/2018 23/07 to 27/07/2018
August-2018
3. SAP R/3 (FI)	03 days	06/08 to 08/08/2018
4. Audit Command Language	03 days	28/08 to 30/08/2018
September-2018
5. Internal Audit	03 days	12/09 to 14/09/2018
6. Conduct, Efficiency & Disciplinary Rules	03 days	25/09 to 27/09/2018
October-2018
7. Public Procurement Rules 8. Information System Auditing	03 days 05 days	10/10 to 12/10/2018 22/10 to 26/10/2018
November-2018
09. FAM 10. Role of DDO	03 days 03 days	06/11 to 08/11/2018 26/11 to 28/11/2018
December 2018
11. Audit of Revenue Receipts 12. Communication skills in Management	03 days 03 days	05/12 to 07/12/2018 18/12 to 20/12/2018
January-2019
13. FR/SR & Civil Service Rules	03 days	01/01 to 03/01/2019
14. MTBF/Budget Monitoring	03 days	16/01 to 18/01/2019
February-2019
15. Public Works Audit	03 days	05/02 to 07/02/2019
16. Pre-Audit Checks & Internal Controls	03 days	19/02 to 21/02/2019
Mar-2019
17. SAP HR (Pension Module through Direct Credit System)	03 days	05/03 to 07/03/2019
18. GFR/TA Rules	03 days	13/03 to 15/03/2019
April-2019
19. NAM	03 days	02/04 to 04/04/2019
20. Maintenance of Service Books/Service Records	03 days	22/04 to 24/04/2019
June-2019
21. Environment Audit 22. Audit of Fraud and Corruption	03 days 03 days	11/06 to 13/06/2019 18/06 to 20/06/2019

Note: Courses mentioned at serial number 2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,17,19,20,21&22 would be conducted through outsourcing during 2018-2019.

Courses Conducted up to January, 2019

Calendar of short courses 2018-2019

Duration

Course Outline

July 2018

1. Good Governance &Office Management

03 days

· Guide lines on implementing the Good Governance Principles

· Strong commitment to integrity, ethical values.

· Strong commitment to the Rule of Law.

· Maintaining standards

· Introduction to office management

· Discipline

· Attendance

· Punctuality

2. MS Office

05 days

· Concepts of Information Technology.

· Introduction to Computer

· Computer Software: Operating system and application software

· MS- Word 2007

· MS-Excell-2007

· MS-Power Point 2007

August-2018

3. SAP R/3 (FI)

03 days

· Overview of SAP FI

· Basic Components of F. I. module

· Terminology used in SAP FI

· Budgeting in SAP

· Bill Punching, Processing, and Cheque Printing

· Expenditure Tracking

· Financial Reports in SAP

4. Audit Command Language

03 days

· Explain the fundamentals of data concepts

· ACL basics, and data analysis cycle

· Create tables to access data

· Display and filter data

· Verify data integrity, create expressions, compare data from different files/systems, profile data, and produce data reports

· Test control totals, bounds, completeness, uniqueness, data relationships, and reliability

· Evaluate data to reveal exceptions

September-2018

5. Internal Audit

03 days

· Introduction to Internal Audit

· Objectives of Internal Audit

· Scope and Standards of Internal Audit

· Framework Components

· Duties and responsibility of Internal Auditor

· Internal Audit processing

· Audit Techniques

· Sampling, Kinds of Sampling.

· Internal control evaluation.

· Reporting

6. Conduct, Efficiency & Disciplinary Rules

03 days

· Short Title and commencement, Extent of application and definitions under Conduct Rules, 1964.

· Provision of Conduct Rules regarding acceptance and disposal of gifts, awards, Public Demonstration of Government Servants, subscriptions, lending & borrowing, declaration of property, disclosure of assets, private trade, employment or work, unauthorized communication of documents or information etc.

· Short Title, commencement and application and definitions under Efficiency & Discipline Rules, 1973.

· Ground for penalties, types of penalties.

· Inquiry Procedure

· Powers of Inquiry Officer and Inquiry Committee

· Disciplinary proceedings against accused government servant.

October-2018

7. Public Procurement Rules

03 days

· PPRA and its role in procurement process

· Assessing the need for procurement

· Methods of procurement

· Prequalification of bidders

· Invitation to bidding (Advertisements)

· Issue bid documents

· Evaluation of bids.

· Awarding.

· Contract Administration, etc.

· Basic Concepts of Contract Audit

· General/Special condition of contract

· Function and authority in the supervision of Administration of contract

8. Information System Auditing

05 days

· Introduction to IS Systems

· IS Internal Controls

· IS Audit Process

· IT Governance

· Protection of Information Assets

· Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

· Application of Computer Assisted Audit Techniques

November-2018

9. FAM

03 days

· Types of audits dealt with by the Auditor General of Pakistan

· Legislative Basis of FAM

· DAGP Auditing Standards and Code of Ethics

· Audit Cycle under FAM (overview)

· General audit planning

· Fieldwork, Evaluation

· Reporting & Follow up

10. Role of DDO

03 days

· Who is a DDO

· Role & Responsibilities of DDO

· Function of Drawing and & Disbursing Officer Relating to Budget

· Recording of Disbursements by DDO

· Reconciliation of Expenditure

· Monthly Expenditure Statement

· Statement of Excesses and Surrenders

· Re-appropriation of Funds

· Revised Estimates and Supplementary Grants

· Receipt and Payment of Public Money

· Sanctioning of Expenditure

· Handling of Audit team/Auditable record.

December 2018

11. Audit of Revenue Receipts

03 days

· Salient provisions of law governing Levy, assessment, collection and exemption from income tax

· Budgetary measures regarding Income Tax and their impact on public revenue

· Salient features of Sales Tax

· Type of taxes (federal/Provincial

· Laws regarding Customs- it levy, assessment and collection, Desk audit of Customs

· Inland revenue

12. Communication skills in Management

03 days

· Definition of Interpersonal skills in management.

· Communication process

· Essential element of communication.

· Objective of the communication.

· Principle of communication.

· Various forms of communication.

January-2019

13. FR/SR & Civil Service Rules

03 days

· Introduction to FR/SR and its applicability

· Appointment, Medical, lien, Pay Fixation, Service Conditions etc.

· Civil Servant Act, 1973, General Conditions of Service

· Appointment/ Promotion/ Transfer Rules, 1973.

· Conduct Rules, 1964

· Efficiency & Discipline Rules, 1973.

· Leave Rules

14. MTBF/Budget Monitoring

03 days

· The course focuses on giving an overview of the budgeting in Pakistan

· Different types of budgeting prevalent in the country/Province.

· The sessions on MTBF discuss the new framework and its main features.

· Practical exercises in understanding medium term budgeting and its links with the policy outcomes.

· An overview of Medium Term Expenditure Framework.

Faculty

Amjad Hussain
Deputy Director
MBA (Finance)
Email: amjadnaasir@gmail.com

Muhammad Ilyas
Audit Officer / Faculty Member I.T
Master Degree in English Literature / SAS
Email: Ilyasaati@gmail.com

Gul Nabi Khan
Audit Officer / Faculty Member-Admn
M.Com / Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science / PIPFA
Email: gulnabi76@gmail.com

Dr. Roaidar Shah Plaza (old City University) 3rd Floor,
Nishter Abad G.T. Road Peshawar City

PAAA Peshawar

Pakistan Audit & Accounts Academy, Peshawar

Background

Mission

Vision

Main Objectives of PAAA Peshawar

Achievements

Available Facilities

Video Conferencing Room

Computer Lab

Library

Dining Hall

Class Rooms

ANNUAL TRAINING PLAN 2018-19

Participants level (BPS 07-18)

Courses Conducted up to January, 2019

Faculty

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