The Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants subscribes to the principle of recognition of prior learning. Students seeking exemptions must apply by completing the relevant sections in the student registration form. The exemptions committee shall consider and grant exemptions to ZICA programme subjects on merit a number of criteria. See more of this in the CA Student Handbook.
Download HandbookThe Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants subscribes to the principle of recognition of prior learning. Students seeking exemptions must apply by completing the relevant sections in the student registration form. The exemptions committee shall consider and grant exemptions to ZICA programme subjects on merit a number of criteria. See more of this in the Taxation Student Handbook.
Download HandbookThe Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants subscribes to the principle of recognition of prior learning. Students seeking exemptions must apply by completing the relevant sections in the student registration form. The exemptions committee shall consider and grant exemptions to ZICA programme subjects on merit a number of criteria. See more of this in the DA Student Handbook.
Download HandbookThough the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants subscribes to the principle of recognition of prior learning, no exemptions shall be awarded for the programme.
Students who wish to defer any examination shall make an application in writing. Applications for deferment of examinations shall only be allowed on three conditions
applications for deferment are only authorized where illness is supported by a certificate issued by a registered medical practitioner.
Applications are only authorized if the person who has died is the spouse, child, biological parent or direct guardian of the candidate. The application must be supported by the death certificate and burial permit for the family member who has died.
Applications for deferment are allowed for persons who are required to attend court sessions or to give evidence in courts of law at the same time as they are expected to sit an examination.
Script verification service shall be available to aggrieved candidates who appeal against the published results. Script verification which involves checking to ascertain that the marks appearing on the scripts were correctly captured onto the mark sheet and into the database. Script verification is done at the discretion of the Institute upon receipt of a complaint. Candidates applying for script verification will be required to pay a non-refundable fee as will be determined by Council from time to time. The deadline for submission of application for script verification will be within one month for all examinations after publication of results
A transcript of results will be awarded on completion of each level of the examination component of the CA Zambia Programme. Upon successful completion and passing of the examinations for all levels and upon demonstration of achieving the competences through practical training, the Institute shall award the CA Zambia qualification to successful students. The Institute shall have the liberty to withdraw the award of the CA Zambia qualification if it has been proved that it was done so erroneously. There shall be no appeal against the withdrawal.
Upon successful completion and passing of the 2 levels, ZiCA shall, award certificates to successful students. The Institute shall have the liberty to withdraw the award of a certificate if it has been proved that it was done so erroneously. There shall be no appeal against the withdrawal.
Upon successful completion and passing all of each level, ZICA shall award certificates to successful students. The Institute shall have the liberty to withdraw the award of a certificate if it has proved that it was done erroneously. There shall be no appeal against the withdrawal.
Upon Upon successful completion and passing of all the courses, ZICA shall, award certificates to successful students. The Institute shall have the liberty to withdraw the award of a certificate if it has been proved that it was done so erroneously. There shall be no appeal against the withdrawal.
Types of malpractice include premeditated cheating, assistance, copying, collusion, widespread cheating, prior knowledge of leaking, substitution and misconduct. You can find a comprehensive list of all types of malpractice, their description and corresponding penalties in the handbooks for the respective ZICA programmes. Please click on the handbooks and scroll to the ‘Examination Malpractice and Penalties’ section to view more details.