Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica

AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

ICAJ awards, which are presented each year at the ICAJ/ACCA Graduation Ceremony, are intended to reward excellence achieved by students. The awards are:

Knowledge Level Examination Award - may be made to any student passing all three (3) subjects at the first attempt in one sitting with the highest average mark of not less than sixty-five (65) percent.

Skills Level Examination Award - may be made to any student passing all six (6) subjects at the first attempt in not more than two consecutive sittings with the highest average mark of not less than sixty-five (65) percent.
**Exemptions do NOT qualify in the six subjects.

Professional Level Examination Award - may be made to any student passing all five (5) subjects at the first attempt in not more than two consecutive sittings with the highest average mark of not less than sixty-five (65) percent.

OVERALL EXAMINATION AWARD
An overall award may be made to any student who completes the entire examination programme (all 14 subjects) passing each subject at the first attempt within five (5) sittings over a period of three (3) years at maximum with the highest average mark of not less than sixty-five (65) percent.

**Exemptions do not qualify for this award.

SPECIAL AWARD
A special award may be made to any graduate, who has been granted no more than three (3) exemptions, passing each of the remaining subjects at the first attempt within four (4) sittings over a period of two and a half (2.5) years at maximum with the highest average mark of not less than sixty-five (65) percent.

A precondition to the above is that examinations are sat in Jamaica.

ICAJ STUDENT BURSARY AWARD
Since March 1997, the ICAJ/ACCA student who is not currently entitled to financial support from his/her employer, and has passed the Knowledge Level in one (1) sitting at the first attempt, is entitled to consideration for this award. Covering tuition and books for the part 2 examinations, this award will span a maximum of two (2) years.

ICAJ UNIVERSITY BURSARIES
Four bursaries are awarded between the University of the West Indies BSc. Accounting and the University of Technology BBA students for two (2) years. These awards are given to Jamaican Nationals interested in becoming Chartered Accountants. Successful candidates must maintain a B+ average during the period of the programme.

ICAJ MEMBER AWARDS

Deloitte & Touche Award - presented to the Jamaican graduate who attains the highest mark of not less than seventy (70) percent in paper P7 – Advanced Audit and Assurance (AAA) on the first attempt.

Sushil Jain Award - presented to the youngest graduate completing the Professional level of the examinations.

The Raphael E. Gordon Award - presented to the Jamaican graduate who has obtained the highest mark of not less than seventy (70) percent in paper F9 – Financial Management (FM) on the first attempt.

The Jasper Burnett Award - may be made to the Jamaican graduate who has obtained the highest mark of not less than seventy (70) percent in paper P3 – Business Analysis (BA) on the first attempt.

The Joscelyn E. Lowrie Award - To be presented to a Jamaican student who has obtained the highest mark of not less than seventy (70%) percent in paper P1 - Professional Accountant (PA) on the first attempt.