CERTIFICATE IN ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS (CAMS) COURSE

CERTIFICATE IN ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS (CAMS) COURSE The course imparts knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to prepare basic accounts and financial statements for a small enterprise or non-complex environment and apply basic management and marketing skills in business. The course is mainly for persons who wish to qualify and work as entry level accounting and management personnel. The CAMS course is administered in two levels, with each level requiring an average of six months, thus a total of one year. The minimum entry requirement is KCSE mean grade D or a vocational certificate. The course is fully tuition based with requirements for students to sit for continuous assessment tests (CATs), which constitute 15% of the final score for assessment purposes. The examinations will be administered primarily on a computer-based platform. The structure of CAMS is summarised below: Level One Principles of Entrepreneurship and Management Introduction to Law and Ethics Fundamental ICT Skills Fundamentals of Business Mathematics Level Two Foundations of Accounting Elements of Taxation Principles of Marketing and Communication C. DIPLOMA COURSES kasneb currently administers three diploma programmes; Accounting Technicians Diploma (ATD), Diploma in Data Management and Analytics (DDMA) and Diploma in Computer Networks and Systems Administration (DCNSA). The diploma courses are administered in two levels, with each level requiring an average of one year, thus a total of two years. The minimum entry for the diploma courses is KCSE mean grade C-, CAMS or any other recognized certificate. The courses can currently be pursued through a tuition-based programme or privately. Tuition-based programmes (physical or virtual classes) are however recommended due to the interactiveness with facilitators and other students which are key in imparting the requisite technical and soft skills. The details on each of the diploma programmes are presented below: (i) Accounting Technicians Diploma (ATD) course The course imparts knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to prepare financial and management accounts and financial statements for small and medium sized enterprises and compute basic taxes for a business. 7 The course is aimed at persons who wish to qualify and work as middle level accountants providing technical support to professional accountants, auditors, tax practitioners and related areas. The structure of ATD is summarised below: Level One Introduction to Financial Accounting Introduction to Law and Ethics Entrepreneurship and Communication Information Communication Technology Level Two Financial Accounting Principles of Management Business Mathematics and Statistics Principles of Taxation Level Three Principles of Economics Fundamentals of Management Accounting Fundamentals of Finance Principles of Auditing