A report for field attachment carried out at Pallisa town council, Pallisa district.

Abstract

The intent of internship is intern’s link between classroom theory to practical knowledge that is imparting the right attitude and experience to the intern that will enable the intern(s) become effective and efficient in future. The internship was carried out at Pallisa Town Council under the Finance Department. The aim of the internship was to help the intern(s) attain new knowledge, skills and practical experience, improve confidence in problem solving, gain opportunities to relate with different categories of people, exposure to the demands and challenges of the work, improve appreciation of the profession and better work, integrate theory to practical knowledge; attitude and experience. During the period the intern participated in various practical work of the organization while in the finance department offices for example, the intern(s) prepared different books of accounts, the intern(s) prepared different documents such as the payment voucher/receipts and posted different books of accounts such as the cash book, the ledgers, the vote book, the abstracts, the revenue register, property register to mention but a few. In the period of learning the intern interfaced with a number of challenges hence there were limited computers to do the work practically for example it was only one computer yet we were very many interns in number, many intern under one supervisor, dirty toilets, shortages of power, few seats and many more. In conclusion, this report consists of the introduction, main body of the report, conclusions and recommendations.