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The Institute and its objectives
The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers is the largest bookkeeping institute in the world. It promotes and maintains the standards of bookkeeping as a profession, through the establishment of a series of relevant qualifications and the award of grades of membership that recognise academic attainment, working experience and competence.
The Institute&rsquos objectives are:
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to promote bookkeeping as a profession |
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to enable bookkeeping to gain recognition as an integral part of the financial profession |
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to promote training in the principles of bookkeeping |
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to develop personal study skills and improve confidence of those persons who undertake a course in bookkeeping |
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to enable the achievement of a qualification, which may be used to enhance prospects for progression into higher levels of study |
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to improve the career prospects of its members |
Consultation with commerce and industry has confirmed and amplified the Institute&rsquos assessment of the need for qualified bookkeepers. Employers both large and small are fully supportive of the objectives of The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers.
Bookkeeping has given me a freedom to do what I want
John Canning AICB
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