The Relationship between Accounting Education & Accounting Practice: With Reference to Academics and Practitioners of Accounting Profession in Sudan

The effectiveness of accounting profession depends widely on the best accounting education outputs. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between accounting education and accounting practice with particular reference to Academics and Practitioners of Accounting Profession in Sudan. The data has been collected through a well-structured questionnaire is designed and will be distributed to a randomly chosen sample of some practitioners of accounting and auditing profession in Sudan. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to generalize the results and conclude the findings. The results suggest that accounting practice is declined because of the accounting courses at Sudanese universities not compatible with labor market needs, also shows that role of the accounting profession in Society depends on the best coordination between accounting education, accounting research and labor market needs.