KASNEB Diploma Courses
kasneb currently administers three diploma programmes; Accounting Technicians Diploma (ATD),
Diploma in Data Management and Analytics (DDMA) and Diploma in Computer Networks and Systems
Administration (DCNSA).
The diploma courses are administered in two levels, with each level requiring an average of one year,
thus a total of two years.
The diploma courses are administered in three levels, with each level requiring an average of six months.
A student must book for all papers in a level unless he or she has credits or is exempted.
The minimum entry for the diploma courses is KCSE mean grade C-, CAMS or any other recognized
certificate. The courses can currently be pursued through a tuition-based programme or privately.
Tuition-based programmes (physical or virtual classes) are however recommended due to the
interactiveness with facilitators and other students which are key in imparting the requisite technical
and soft skills.
The details on each of the diploma programmes are presented below:
(i) Accounting Technicians Diploma (ATD) course
The course imparts knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to prepare financial and management
accounts and financial statements for small and medium sized enterprises and compute basic
taxes for a business.
The course is aimed at persons who wish to qualify and work as middle level accountants providing
technical support to professional accountants, auditors, tax practitioners and related areas.
The structure of ATD is summarised below:
Level One
Introduction to Financial Accounting
Introduction to Law and Ethics
Entrepreneurship and Communication
Information Communication Technology
Level Two
Financial Accounting
Principles of Management
Business Mathematics and Statistics
Principles of Taxation
Level Three
Principles of Economics
Fundamentals of Management Accounting
Fundamentals of Finance
Principles of Auditing
(ii) Diploma in Data Management and Analytics (DDMA) course
The course imparts knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to undertake non-complex design of
databases, mine and analyse data for decision making.
The DDMA will be administered on a computer-based platform. The structure of DDMA is
summarised below:
Level One
Introduction to Computing Systems
Communication Skills and Ethics
Information Systems Support and Integration
Computer Information Systems Applications
Level Two
Databases
Warehousing and Data Mining
Mathematical Concepts in Data Science
Quantitative Modelling Skills
Level Three
Python Data Visualisation
Data Management and Analytics
Cloud Data Solutions
(iii) Diploma in Computer Networks and Systems Administration (DCNSA) course
The course imparts knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to design, configure, test and secure and
manage non-complex networks.
The DCNSA will be administered on a computer based platform.
The structure of DCNSA is summarised below:
Level One
Introduction to Computing Systems
Communication Skills and Ethics
Information Systems Support and Integration
Computer Information Systems Applications
Level Two
Computer Networking
Network Operating Systems
Windows Servers Roles and Features
Network Security
Level Three
Network Troubleshooting
Network set-up
Server maintenance