COMPUTER APPLICATIONS PACKAGES
This course has been designed to provide fundamental understanding and use of Information and
communication Technology Software, serving as a bridging facility to subsequent Information
Communication related diploma courses. It therefore covers most fundamental aspects of
certificate in Information technology.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Certificate in certificate in communication are to:
 Prepare student for progression to any ICT related field.
 Equip students with basic Computer applications skills useful in the Information
Communication Technology’s day to day activities.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Any individual wishing to and wants to work with ICT software
DURATION
1 month
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
 IT trainers.
 Data entry clerks
 Computer operators and managers
 Individuals in any ICT field
COURSE STRUCTURE
 Introduction to ICT
 Word processing
 Spreadsheets
 Presentation software
 Operating system
 Desktop publishing
 Adobe PageMaker
 Database management software
CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
This course has been designed to provide fundamental understanding, creating, designing and
testing computer programs; use of Information and communication Technology Software, it
serves as a bridging facility to subsequent Communication related diploma courses.
OBJECTIVES
Objectives achieved on learning Certificate in Computer Programming Languages are to:
 To develop and test computer software
 Designs a computer programs that a computer can understand
 Code for software applications and operating systems
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
KCSE D+ plus and above
DURATION
6 weeks
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
 System support personnel
 System analysts and designers
 Project managers
 Database management and administrators
 Managers in ICT departments
COURSE STRUCTURE
Introduction to computer programming
 Language translators
 Program development steps
 Programming tools
Programming Languages in Web Design
 Hypertext markup language (HTML)
 JavaScript
 MySQL (structured Query Language)
Structured programming
 Pascal
 C++ and C
Object oriented programming
 Visual Basic
 Fox pro
CERTIFICATE IN ACCOUNTING PACKAGES (QUICKBOOKS)
This course has been designed to provide fundamental understanding and use of Financial and
Analysis Software, to quicken point of sale services and preparation of balance sheets, profit and
loss accounts, invoices, VAT management, user management and customer sales.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Certificate in certificate in communication are to:
 Individuals working in any financial companies.
 To ease preparation of multi company accounts.
 To produce the daily, monthly and annual reports
 To ease preparation of ledger accounts.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- KCSE D+ and above,
- Accountants
DURATION
6 weeks
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Individuals working in Financial companies
COURSE STRUCTURE
 Introduction to QuickBooks
 Creating company accounts
 Customer’s accounts
 Sales and purchasing accounts
 Vendor’s accounts
 Ledger accounts
 Balance sheet and profit & loss account
CERTIFICATE IN NETWORKING AND HARDWARE MAINTENANCE
This course has been designed to provide fundamental understanding and use of Internetworking
software, to enable organizations to share computer recourses and to ease data transfer and
communication. This will enhance the performance of the organization.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Certificate in certificate in communication are to:
 To enhance security of data and files.
 To share computer resources
 To share computer software
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To enhance communication between computers in an organization
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
KCSE certificate
DURATION
6 weeks
CAREER OBJECTIVES
 IT trainers
 Network administrators
 Network support personnel
COURSE STRUCTURE
 Introduction to computer and networking hardware
 Troubleshooting of networks, hardware and software
 Network installation
 Hardware upgrades
 Network configurations
 Network setup