CERTIFIED SECRETARY (CS)

• Instructor:
• Lectures: 11
• Quizzes: 3
• Duration: 10 weeks

Certified Secretaries are expert practitioners in corporate governance, governance audits and compliance, corporate secretarial practice, corporate law, consultancy, business management and administration. Certified Secretaries are highly skilled senior professionals trained in law, finance, governance and strategy. Certified Secretaries are expert practitioners in governance, governance audits and compliance, corporate secretarial practice, corporate law, consultancy and business management and  administration. Certified Secretaries are highly skilled senior professionals trained in law, finance, governance and strategy. The course is aimed at persons who wish to qualify and work or practice as corporate secretaries, policy formulators and consultants in governance, governance and compliance auditors and administrators at county and national levels and in the private sector.

Requirements to be registered as a CS student
A person seeking to be registered as a student for any of the professional examinations must
show evidence of being a holder of one of the following minimum qualifications:

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination with an aggregate
average of at least grade C+ (C plus) or its equivalent.
• Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE) with at least TWO Principal passes
provided that the applicant has credits in Mathematics and English at Kenya Certificate
of Education (KCE) level or equivalent qualifications.
• KASNEB technician, diploma or professional examination certificate.
• A degree from a recognized university.
• International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) examination grade C
in 6 papers with C in both English and Mathematics.
• Such other certificates or diplomas as may be approved by KASNEB.
Curriculum Road Map
FOUNDATION LEVEL
• Management Principles and Practice
• Communication Skills and Records Management
• Introduction to Law and Governance
• Principles of Accounting and Taxation
• Human Resources Management
• Information Communication Technology
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
• Company Law
• Public Sector Governance, Policy and Administration
• Meetings: Compliance and Administration
• Financial Markets and Specialized Institutions
• Corporate Governance and Ethics
• Research, Consultancy and Advisory
ADVANCED LEVEL
• Strategic Management
• Finance for Decision Making
• Governance and Compliance Audit
• Boardroom Dynamics
• Research Project