Contribution of computerized accounting software in the preparation of quality financial statements in public secondary schools in moshi municipality, Tanzania

The aim of the study was to evaluate the contribution of CAS in the preparation of financial statements in public secondary schools. Specific objective of the study was to evaluate contribution of CAS towards the generation of quality financial statements. Concurrent research design with a mixed approach was used. Targeted population of the study was 141. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling was used. The sample size was 60 respondents. The study shows that CAS Increases the organization performance because the data collected can be measurable and understandable for the future decision making. Therefore the study concluded that there is a need for each school to use CAS in preparing financial statements, because CAS increases financial performance of the organization. Due to that reason the study specifically recommend that semi should be provided to the users and bursars to increase quality in the reports.