Banking and Finance

Banking and finance is a KNEC course under Business Technical Education Programme (BTEP).This course is available on both certificate and diploma level.Those who would want to pursue a certificate on this course ought to have obtained a minimum KCSE mean grade D (plain) while those who would want to pursue on diploma level ought to have obtained a minimum KCSE mean grade C-(minus). A certificate on banking and finance would take you a duration of 2 years while a diploma would take 3 years to complete.Successful graduates of this course can work as Cooperatives Assistants, Cooperatives officers, SACCO assistant managers,Bank clerks and SACCO clerks.

Diploma in Banking and finance course outline and course codes(Non-modular)

1. Social studies
2. Entrepreneurship
3. Communication
4. Information technology
5. Quantitative methods
6. Economics
7. Principles and practice of management
8. Law relating to banking services
9. The monetary and financial systems
10. Accountancy
11. Management in banking
12. Marketing of financial services
13. Branch baking: law and practice
14. Investment
15. Lending
16. Finance of international trade (payment and services)
17. Project
18. Life skills

Certificate in Banking and finance course outline and course codes(Non-modular)

1. Mathematics
2. Social studies
3. English
4. Kiswahili
5. Entrepreneurship
6. Economics
7. Office organization
8. Introduction to law
9. Principle and practice of communication
10. Financial accounting
11. Business finance
12. Elements of banking
13. Foreign exchange and exchange control
14. Communication and report writing
15. Life skills
16. Information communication technology