CPS Part 1-Section I

Course Description

Course Overview

Certified Public Secretaries (CPS) Part 1 Section I is a KASNEB professional course that is part of the foundation level of the CPS course. It covers three papers. These three papers include:

Paper 1: Management Principles and Practice

Paper 2: Communication Skills and records management

Paper 3: Introduction to Law and governance.

Finstock Evarsity College offers a 4 month online program examined by Finstock Evarsity College. A certificate is issued upon completion of the course. This program aims at preparing you for the CPS exams prepared externally by KASNEB. After passing the KASNEB exams you will be able to get a CPS certification.

This course imparts knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to, among other competencies:

• Practice and promote principles of good governance within public and private sector entities.
• Implement and comply with legal, regulatory and ethical requirements in practice.
• Ensure proper conduct and management of meetings.
• Undertake consultancy and advisory services in corporate secretarial and related practices.
• Manage boardroom dynamics.
• Undertake governance and compliance audits.

What is the minimum required grade required to do CPS Part 1 Section I?

For you to enroll for the course you should 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 recognised 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.

Mode of Delivery

Finstock Evarsity College offers you an online platform to ease your studies. A student is provided with Home and/or office-based media employing a variety of self-instructional electronic and online self-study materials, such as; written self-instructional study modules, self-tests, cloud-based content, videos of lectures mediated technical learning materials e.g., audiovisual and e-learning materials.  We also offer an optional online meeting via zoom and google meet when you need clarification as you study. If the student has questions, they may also contact their lecturer on the platform. Therefore, study time as well as duration is flexible and fits into the student’s convenience.

Career opportunities

This course enables one to become

• Corporate secretary;
• Policy formulator and consultant in governance and compliance;
• Administrator in the private sector and even at county and national levels.

Reasons why you should study this course

• Gain knowledge on good governance within public and private sector and entities
• Learn legal, regulatory and ethical requirements in Corporate Secretarial practice
• Learn proper conduct and management of meetings

What we offer

Now that you have a better idea of where CPS can take you—it’s time to start dreaming big. These careers only represent the baseline of the kind of work you can do.

Are you passionate about administration, leadership, governance and management? Do you feel drawn to making big moves in the corporate world? Many employers prefer to hire administrators, policy formulators and managers who possess CPS certification.

But it all starts with the CPS Part 1 Section I course. Get your journey started by enrolling at Finstock Evarsity college and learning more.

Things to note

Holders of specific degrees and diplomas that are recognized and listed on the KASNEB website (kasneb.or.ke) may be exempted from this section for example Diploma in business graduates are exempted from the foundation level papers. One should register and apply for these exemptions on the KASNEB website.

Candidates will not be allowed to skip any paper. You cannot do a higher paper if you have not completed a lower one or have not been exempted from a lower one. For example you cannot do paper 2 if you have not completed paper 1.

The CPS examination set by KASNEB is held  twice yearly in June and December.

The examination is divided into 3 parts of two sections each. A candidate may attempt two sections in a part together or separately before proceeding to the next part. For example part 1 section I and II

A candidate must pass the lower part before ascending to the next part. Pass CPS part 1 before proceeding to part 2

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