KASNEB offers diploma, ATD,CPA,CIFA,CICT,CS and CCP,which are mostly pursued by individuals who want to join the fields of investment ,finance and accounting ,but what many candidates ask, which among these courses is easier or most difficult, below we give our opinion based on answers from former students.
The easiest KASNEB courses include ATD,Diploma course, and CS and the most difficult courses include CPA,CIFA and CICT.
Generally, it takes average of 2.5 years for a person to complete CPA course and average of 3 years for a student to complete CIFA course. It also takes at least 2.5 years for an individual to complete CICT course.But ATD, which mostly covers basics of accounting, statistics and finance topics, takes most students at most 1.5 years to complete, meaning that it’s the easiest course offered by KASNEB,but the entry grade for ATD is much lower because it’s a basic course and introduction to CPA.
Certified Investment and Finance Analyst Course is classified as hard because reading materials are scarce. In fact,it’s easier to get reading materials for CPA,ACCA and CFA than it is for CIFA.If a candidate lacks reading materials, even if a simple test is set, he is likely to fail.CPA is somehow easy because reading materials are plenty,where most of them are acquired by popular colleges like Star College of Management, Vision Institute of Management, CA University and Strathmore University. There are however units within CIFA,CPA,CICT and CS which make the courses tough…we list them below.
Hardest Courses in CPA
Financial Reporting
Advanced Financial Reporting
Advanced Management Accounting
Easiest Courses in CPA
Entrepreneurship and Communication
Public Finance and Taxation
Economics
Strategy, Governance and Ethics
Easiest Courses in CIFA
Financial Mathematics
Entrepreneurship and Communication
Financial Institutions and Markets
Regulation of Financial Markets
International Finance
Most difficult courses in CIFA
Financial Statements Analysis
Fixed Income Investments Analysis
Derivatives Analysis
Most difficult courses in ATD
Financial Accounting
Business Mathematics and Statistics
Easiest ATD Courses
Entrepreneurship and Communication
Principles of Economics
Principles of Management
