<Li> Sammanthurai Technical College </Li> <Li> Batticaloa Technical College </Li> <P> Advanced Technology Institute conducts 12 courses: </P> <P> The Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) program 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 . The Ceylon Technical College at Maradana was set up by the colonial government in 1893, accounting education was not given a place in its programs for another fifty years . Only after 1942 did the Ceylon Technical College take steps to organise and offer certificate and diploma courses in accounting . Accordingly, a commercial certificate course for bookkeepers and a diploma course for prospective accountants were launched by the Technical College in 1943 and 1946 respectively . These courses were modeled on similar programs of studies offered in the U.K. Since the Diploma in Accountancy was a four - year evening course offered at the professional level the admission to the course was restricted to those who were engaged in accounting related activities. The curriculum of this course was quite similar to those of the leading professional accounting bodies in the U.K. </P>

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