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The ICM pioneered credit management education in Southern Africa and
has over the years structured a number of curricula to assist people
wishing to enter into a business environment and to assist its
members who are already actively engaged in credit control and
credit management.
The ICM offers formal education qualifications such as:
- The ICM's Certificate in Credit Management
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click here for the Syllabus
The ICM is the only examining body for credit
management in Southern Africa. The ICM is a
professional body and does not offer face to face
classes or distance learning in any subject. It
determines the standards of the various courses and
subjects examined on by it and develops relevant and
topical syllabi in respect of this course and
subjects.
Students wishing to study towards any course or
subject in credit management must do so through a
recognised educational body. This can be
accomplished by attending lectures or through
correspondence. The role of the private colleges is solely to prepare the students for the
ICM's exams. Students are advised to contact the ICM
National Office for the names of these recognised
educational bodies. Colleges and technikons in South
Africa have their own courses in credit management
and the ICM accredits some of these courses. Before
any student enrolls for any of the courses, they
should contact the ICM to ascertain if the ICM
accredits a specific course. Detailed syllabi of
these exclusive accredited courses must be obtained
from the colleges directly.
Some of the private colleges prepare
students for the ICM's exams and present their own
courses at the same time. Students should contact
the private colleges' study directors in order to
ensure that they enroll for the right course.
Students should verify if a specific course,
certificate or diploma would be accepted by any
other technikon or private college, for credits to
study towards some other qualification in Credit
Management. The ICM cannot guarantee that any other
private college or technikon will accredit a
specific course, certificate or diploma. Entry exams
might have to be written when switching from one
college or technikon to another.
Exams for the Three Parts of the ICM certificate in
Credit Management will be written during June and
November of each year and the pass mark for the exam
is 50 %. No class mark or assignments will be
considered; the exam mark as moderated by the ICM
will be the final mark. The ICM National Office
should be contacted for details. For a fee, students
may request marks per question, or may apply to have
their scripts re-marked. For all these details, the
ICM National Office should be contacted via the
accredited college.
Entry levels for the ICM, private colleges' and
technikon differ and students are advised to
contact each institution directly to ascertain their
entry levels for the different courses. Any student
studying towards any course or subject examined on
by the ICM is required to register with the ICM as a
student member. It is further necessary for such a
student member to pay the required registration,
membership and examination fees. Full information
regarding the fees is available from the ICM
National Office.
Examinations can be written during June and November
of a calendar year. Examination timetables must be
obtained from the relevant educational body at the
time of registering for a specific course or
subject. Students must ensure that the subjects
which are being written at any one of the
examinations can be accommodated by them in terms of
availability of time. It is a student's
responsibility to ensure that the examination dates
of the subjects being written by them do not clash
and students are cautioned that special examination
dates will not be considered under any
circumstances.
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