ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Student Registration is open to candidates who have any of the following qualifications:

• IGCSE O-level (passes in five separate subjects) AND A-level (at least two principal passes) or four passes at advanced subsidiary
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) – mean grade of C+ or above with grades A to C (plain) in five separate subjects, including English and Mathematics
• CPA Part 1 holders
• Accounting Technician Course (ATC) Intermediate and Final
• Degree from a recognized university

Exemptions 

Students possessing university degrees or equivalent qualifications may be eligible for exemptions, subject to verification and approval by ACCA UK.

Students progress through three elements of the ACCA Qualification on their journey to ACCA membership:

• ACCA Exams Level
• Ethics and Professional Skills Level
• Professional Experience Requirement

ACCA Exams Level

Applied Knowledge

The Applied Knowledge modules provide students with a broad introduction to the world of finance and develop essential understandings and techniques in accounting.  These modules are:

• Business & Technology (BT)
• Management Accounting(MA)
• Financial Accounting(FA)

Applied Skills

The Applied Skills modules build on existing knowledge and understanding and develop strong, broad, and practical finance skills required of future strategic professional accountants in any sector or industry. These modules are:

• Corporate and  Business Law (LW)
• Performance Management(PM)
• Taxation(TX)
• Financial Reporting(FR)
• Audit and Assurance (AA)
• Financial Management(FM)

(Optional BSc in Applied Accounting, Oxford Brookes University)

Oxford Brookes University of the U.K., founded in 1865, has an international reputation for quality. It awards B.Sc. in Applied Accounting degrees to ACCA finalists upon completion of a project. The ACCA student is awarded this degree while studying ACCA in his or her own country.

Strategic Professional

The Strategic Professional Modules prepare students for future leadership positions. They develop the strategic vision using a unique blend of technical, ethical, and professional skills. Students can specialize in areas that best suit there career ambitions. Students must complete both Essentials exams and choose two of the options.  These exams are:

Essentials

• Strategic Business Leader (SBL)
• Strategic Business Reporting (SBR)

Options

• Advanced Financial Management (AFM)
• Advanced Performance Management (APM)
• Advanced Taxation (ATX)
• Advanced Audit and Assurance (AAA)

(Optional MSc in Professional Accountancy University of London)

Ethics & Professional Skills

Students are required to complete our Ethics and Professional Skills module which develops in students the complete range of skills that employers told us they need. By introducing students to the full spectrum of advanced ethical and professional skills and exposing them to realistic business situations, students are ready to shine with recruiters and be really credible in the workplace.

Professional Experience Requirement

Being a confident, inspiring and trusted professional comes with experience so to qualify as an ACCA member students must complete 36 months’ relevant work experience and achieve 9 performance objectives.

Your time in a relevant role and performance objectives need to be signed off by your practical experience supervisor. This practical experience requirement lets students put their knowledge learnt through their students into practise, all in a supported and practical environment.

PREAMBLE

This complaint policy relates to the ACCA professional course delivered by Oshwal College. The college has all the rights to amend these terms and conditions where necessary at any time.

OBJECTIVES

• To be impartial, open, and honest when dealing with any complaint
• To address and resolve a complaint through dialogue and mutual understanding
• To put the interests of the learners above everything else
• To make the learners aware of the complaints procedures available to them

SCOPE

• A learner complaint (“Complaint”) is defined as an expression of discontent by a learner or a group of learners enrolled on the ACCA Programme with any individual, service, or lack of service at the Institution, where a response is expected, and which has not already been resolved or handled.
• This Complaints Procedure does not apply to:
  a. Academic Misconduct
  b. Academic Appeals and other matters of academic judgement

GUIDELINES

Complaints/Concerns shall be addressed and resolved in a 3-step process;

1. Approved Learning Provider (ALP) Level – OSHWAL COLLEGE
2. ACCA Level
3. Regulator Level

APPROVED LEARNING PROVIDER (ALP) LEVEL – OSHWAL COLLEGE

The college will receive and handle learner complaints in an open and receptive manner and will ensure that learners making a complaint will not experience any negative repercussions, directly or indirectly, as a result of lodging a complaint.

Oshwal College maintains reasonable confidentiality with regard to the complaint where it is explicitly requested by the learner

A learner wishing to make a complaint shall submit a formal written submission to the head of department of Accounting and Finance who will try to resolve the complaint within a period of five working days from the learner making the Complaint. The Head of Department shall provide a formal response to the aggrieved learner.

If the dispute remains unresolved, the learner can submit a written appeal to the Principal, through the Dean of students, detailing the nature of the complaint. The Dean of Students shall present the complaint to the appeal committee which shall consist of:

• Principal
• Head of Department of Accounting and Finance
• Student Advisor
• Dean of Students
• Academic Registrar

The Principal/Designate shall chair the Appeals committee meeting. The committee shall examine the appeal, listen to the learner regarding the nature of the appeal and provide a resolution in writing to the learner within 10 working days from the date of the receipt of the appeal.

ACCA LEVEL

If the learner is dissatisfied in any way with the Approved Learning Partner (ALP), in this case OSHWAL COLLEGE, and their services, they can report the matter to ACCA. This is only to be done once the learners have exhausted the ALP’s official channels as provided for in the policy to resolve the matter.

REGULATOR LEVEL

If you have exhausted both your learning provider complaint’s process and ACCA’s, you can escalate to the appropriate regulator.

Details of which can be found on #

ENTRY REQUIREMENT

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) – mean grade of C- (minus)
• IGCSE O-level – passes in five separate subjects

Exemptions 

There are no exemptions at the foundation level.

Foundation-level awards include certificates and diplomas that you can obtain as you progress through the exams.

Here are the exams you must take and the awards you can achieve along the way.

ACCA Diploma in Financial and Management Accounting (RQF Level 2)

• FA1 – Recording Financial Transactions
• MA1 – Management Information

ACCA Diploma in Financial and Management Accounting (RQF Level 3)

• FA2 – Maintaining Financial Records
• MA2 – Managing Costs and Finance

ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business (RQF Level 4)

• FBT – Business and Technology
• FFA – Financial Accounting
• FMA – Management Accounting

Certified Accounting Technician (CAT)

• FA1, MA1, FA2, MA2, FBT, FFA and FMA exams
• two of the three specialist exams; FAU, FFM and FTX
• a practical experience requirement
• Foundations in Professionalism.

Students completing the CAT Qualification can claim exemption from exams FA1, MA1, FA2, and MA2 based on practical experience.

On completion of the CAT Qualification, students may then progress onto the ACCA Qualification if they wish to do so, starting at the Applied Skills exams. They can also count the four essential competences and one year’s work experience gained to achieve the CAT Qualification towards the three years’ work experience and 9 performance objectives required for the ACCA Qualification.

Foundations in professionalism

The module has been designed to help you understand what it means to act professionally and ethically at work. Once you complete the module, you will receive certificates for all the awards you complete.

Mode of Study

• 1^st Semester – January to June intake
• 1^st Semester – March to June intake
• 2^nd Semester – July to November
• 2^nd Semester- September to November intake

• KCSE mean grade C+ with a minimum grade C+ in both English and Mathematics.
• Advanced education (A level) certificate with 2 principal passes and credits in Mathematics and English at secondary education level.
• KASNEB technician or professional examination certificate.
• A degree from a recognised university.
• Such other certificates or diplomas as may be approved by KASNEB.

FOUNDATION LEVEL

CA11                     Financial Accounting

CA12                     Communication Skills

CA13                     Introduction to Law and Governance

CA14                     Economics

CA15                     Quantitative Analysis

CA16                     Information Communication Technology

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

CA21                     Company Law

CA22                     Financial Management

CA23                     Financial Reporting and Analysis

CA24                     Auditing and Assurance

CA25                     Management Accounting

CA26                     Public Finance and Taxation

ADVANCED LEVEL

CA31                     Leadership and Management

CA32                     Advanced Financial Reporting and Analysis

CA33                     Advanced Financial Management

CA34S1                 Advanced Taxation

CA34S2                 Advanced Auditing and Assurance

CA34S3                 Advanced Management Accounting

CA34S4                 Advanced Public Financial Management

Intakes

New intakes are in January and July every year

Deadline for registration

The deadline for registering for an exam session for the KASNEB CPA examinations in Kenya is one month prior to the examination date. This applies to both new and continuing students. All continuing students must also renew their annual registration by July 1st of each year, according to KASNEB.

Who can study the ACA- ICAEW PROGRAMME?

• CPA (K) and ICPAK membership
• Those studying for the ACA under a training agreement with an organization that is an ICAEW authorized training employer

Exemptions

• ICPAK members are automatically awarded credit (exemptions) from 12 of the 15 ACA exam modules.
• ICPAK Practicing Certificate holders will be awarded credit for one year of work experience (including 150 days of technical work experience).

ADVANCED LEVEL (3 Papers) 

• Case study
• Corporate Reporting
• Strategic Business Management

New intakes:

Months of January and July every year

A student must have:

• A bachelor’s degree or be in their final undergraduate year at the time of registration.
• At least 4 years of qualified professional work experience.

To register for the course at Oshwal College, all interested students should bring the following:

• 2 passport size photographs,
• Original and photocopies of relevant academic and professional certificates
• A copy of National ID and a passport.

CFA Examination Registration

• Register for CFA exam either online or print and fill the necessary forms. Sign and complete; the Professional Conduct Inquiry & the terms of the Candidate Responsibility Statement. Pay the required fees.
• Sequentially pass the three Level’s exams.
• Join CFA institute as a member. Provide current completed sponsor forms. Sign and complete the Professional Conduct Statement. Exhibit a high degree of ethical and professional conduct. Apply for membership with a CFA Institute member society

The CFA programs curriculum reflects a body of knowledge that is grounded in practice and maintains current relevance through a regular, extensive survey of practicing CFA charter holders. This Candidate Body of Knowledge consists of 10 general topic areas that provide a framework for making investment decisions.

Topic areas for CFA examinations

1. Ethical and Professional Standards
2. Quantitative Methods
3. Economics
4. Financial Statement Analysis
5. Corporate Issuers
6. Equity Investments
7. Fixed Income
8. Derivatives
9. Alternative Investments
10. Portfolio Management

New intakes:

New intakes in the months of January and July every year

a) Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) mean grade C+ and above
b) A Diploma in Human Resource management from a recognized examining body
c) A Bachelor’s degree from a recognized University
d) Equivalent qualifications as determined by Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA)

CHRP Part I
Section 1

• RCHRP 01 : Human Resource Management
• RCHRP 02 : Business Law
• RCHRP 03 : Accounting and Financial Management

Section 2

• RCHRP 04 : Organizational Theory and Behaviour
• RCHRP 05 : Employee Resourcing
• RCHRP 06 : Management Information Systems

CHRP Part II
Section 3

• RCHRP 07 : Compensation & Reward Management
• RCHRP 08 : Employee Relations & Labour Laws
• RCHRP 09 : Human Resource Development

Section 4

• RCHRP 10 :Performance Management and productivity
• RCHRP 11 :Coaching, Mentoring and Counseling
• RCHRP 12 :Research Methods for HR Practitioners

CHRP Part III
Section 5

• RCHRP 13:Organizational Development and Transformation
• RCHRP 14 :Strategic Management for HR Practitioners
• RCHRP 15 :HR Accounting, Metrics and Analytics

Section 6

• RCHRP 16 Human Resource Consultancy and Advisory
• RCHRP 17 Human Resource Audit
• RCHRP 18 Strategic Leadership, Ethics & Governance
• RCHRP 19 Industry-based Project Important

Note: HRMPEB may give exemptions to holders of Degrees, Diplomas and certificates from recognized universities, examination bodies and other recognized institutions. Award of CHRP exemptions shall be limited to NOT more than 49% of the course. Subjects in CHRP Part III are compulsory. Applicants shall qualify up to a maximum of three (3) exemptions in CHRP Part II. Such exemptions shall be granted on paper by paper basis to applicants who meet the set criteria.

In January and June

Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply

Objective Response (OR) exam:

L4M2 – Defining Business Need

L4M3 – Commercial Contracting

L4M4 – Ethical and Responsible Sourcing

L4M5 – Commercial Negotiation

L4M6 – Supplier Relationships

L4M7 – Whole Life Asset Management

Constructed Response (CR) exam

L4M1 – Scope and Influence of Procurement and Supply

L4M8 – Procurement and Supply Practice

Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply

Objective Response (OR) exam

L5M2 – Managing Supply Chain Risk –Core

L5M3 – Managing Contractual Risk-Core

L5M5 – Managing Ethical Procurement and Supply –Core

L5M6 – Category Management –Elective

L5M7 – Achieving Competitive Advantage through the Supply Chain –Elective

L5M8 – Project and Change Management –Elective

L5M9 – Operations Management –Elective

L5M10 – Logistics Management –Elective

L5M15 – Advanced Negotiation –Elective

Constructed Response (CR) exam

L5M1 – Managing Teams and Individuals-Core

L5M4 – Advanced Contract Financial Management –Core

Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply

Objective Response (OR) exam

L6M5 – Strategic Programme Leadership –Core

L6M7 – Commercial Data Management –Elective

L6M8 – Innovation in Procurement and Supply –Elective

L6M9 – Supply Network Design –Elective

L6M10 – Global Logistics Strategy – Elective

Constructed Response (CR) exam

L6M1 – Strategic Ethical Leadership – Elective

L6M2 – Global Commercial Strategy – Core

L6M3 – Global Strategic Supply Chain Management – Core

L6M4 – Future Strategic Challenges for the Profession – Core

For University Students

• Letter of Admission to the current university.
• Copy of your dated student ID (with current dates)

For Non-University Students

• KCSE C+
• Bachelor’s degree/ diploma or any other equivalent qualification

The CISI course is offered in three modules

Module 1: Course duration: 1 month

The course mainly focuses on the following Areas:

• The Financial Services Industry
• The Economic Environment
• Financial Assets and Markets
• Equities / Stocks
• Bonds
• Derivatives
• Investment Funds
• Regulation and Ethics
• Other Financial Products

Module 2: Course duration: 1 Month

Syllabus areas:

• Legal and Regulatory Framework
• Licensing of Capital Market Intermediaries
• Governance and Controls
• Conduct of Business
• Markets and Trading Rules
• Investment Funds

Module 3: Course duration: 1 Month

The main syllabus areas in this module are:

• Technical Specialism
• Derivatives
• Wealth management

Click here to download the CISI Qualifications Framework

New intakes:

New intakes in the months of January and July every year