Members Education & Training

The Members Education and Training Unit is responsible for the training of members of the Institute and non-members through the underlisted training programmes.

1. Mandatory Continuing Professional Education {MCPE} strictly for ICAN members only;

2. Executive Mandatory Continuing Profession Education {EMCPE} this is for ICAN members in senior management positions in organisations;

3. Continuing Professional Education {CPE} for ICAN members and non-members;

4. In-house: this is organised by the Institute for ICAN members in organisations who desire that the MCPE be held in their premises. A member of the Institute is expected to earn a minimum of {30} credit hours in a year. A member earns fifteen {15} credit hours at every seminar attended.

The {4} courses listed above are termed "structured". Other activities/events of the Institute and courses attended by members outside the ones organised by the Institute {"unstructured} attract credit hours, but such courses must be accredited by the Institute.

Sanctions for Non-Compliance:

Every member is expected to obtain a minimum of sixty {60} credit hours within a 2-year cycle. A member in default would be suspended from membership at the end of 2 years for six months in the first instance and thereafter expunged from membership list if he/she fails to make up the deficiencies in credit hours.

Those Exempted:

i} Members who are sixty {60} years and above and who have indicated in writing to the Institute their intention to retire from practising the accountancy profession;

ii} Members who are certified as medically unfit;

iii} Traditional Rulers; iv) Members on special national or state engagements.