As expected the ICSI has announced a new syllabus and OMR based exam pattern for its CS course. As per a web release ICSI has stated that “The Foundation Programme being the entry level to the Company Secretaryship Course and gateway to the profession of Company Secretaries, the Syllabus Review Committee based on the feedback received from various stakeholders has completed the formulation of detailed contents of the Foundation Programme. We are pleased to inform you that the Council of the Institute has approved the new syllabus for the Foundation Programme.” 

The new syllabus of Foundation Programme will be effective from 1st February, 2012. From December, 2013 session, all students will be automatically switched over to the new syllabus. Students of existing syllabus are NOT eligible for any paper-wise exemptions on switching over to the new syllabus and they will have to appear in all the papers under the new syllabus irrespective of their performance in previous sessions of examinations or any other qualifications.

There are four subjects under the new syllabus, which are Business Environment and Entrepreneurship; Business Management, Ethics and Communication; Economics and Statistics; and Fundamentals of Accounting and Auditing.

For more details please visit http://www.icsi.edu/WebModules/Student/NewSyallabus.htm

The Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, the apex body for regulating the Company Secretary Profession in India has approved the eligibility criteria for grant of exemption from undergoing Student Induction Programme (SIP) .The following candidates are exempted from under going SIP:

(i) Candidates having one year of working experience as assistant or any other post equivalent thereto by whatever name called or any other higher grade thereto in the field of Finance, Secretarial, Human Resource, Marketing, General Administration, Teaching, Research etc. in any body corporate, government body, statutory or autonomous body, public undertaking, financial institution, banks, consultancy firms, Law firms or any other organization/institution which in the opinion of the Council provides scope for adequate exposure for exemption from Students Induction Programme (SIP), or

(ii) Candidates possessing professional qualification e.g CA, CWA, LL.B, BE/B.Tech/B.Arch, MBBS, Post Graduate Degree/Diploma in Businesses Administration/ Management, MCA or any other qualification as approved by the Council from time to time. “

Students seeking exemption may apply within six months from the date of registration in the Executive Programme.

The students who were enrolled on or after 1st September 2009 and yet not undergone the SIP may also apply for the exemption.

Source of Information: ICSI website

The ICSI has decided to introduce New Syllabus & OMR based (Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions) for the Foundation Programme under new Syllabus w.e.f. December, 2012 examination. Please read below – Source: ICSI President Message Nov 2011:

New syllabus for Foundation Programme

The Foundation Programme being the entry level to the Company Secretaryship Course and gateway to the profession of Company Secretaries, based on the feedback received from various stakeholders the Syllabus Review Committee has completed the formulation of detailed contents of the Foundation Programme. I am pleased to inform you that the Council of your ICSI has approved the new syllabus for the Foundation Programme.

OMR based Examination for Foundation Programme

Keeping in view the tech-savvy new generation and with a view to leverage the information technology, the Council of the Institute has decided to conduct Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) based Examination (Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions) for the Foundation Programme under new Syllabus w.e.f. December, 2012 examination. The Council further decided that the students pursuing Foundation Programme under the existing syllabus would be given two attempts to complete the Foundation Programme. The students under existing syllabus may exercise their option to switch/ change over to new syllabus wherein no exemptions will be available against their performance in previous session(s) of examinations under existing syllabus. Further, the last examination for the Foundation Programme under the existing syllabus would be held in June, 2013 and from December, 2013 session onwards all students under the existing syllabus will automatically be switched over to OMR based examination without any exemption.

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India is organizing a Campus Placement for the fresher members for job and for students for 15 Months Training on Saturday, the 1st October 2011 at ICSI-NOIDA, C-37, Sector 62, NOIDA. In order to provide the orientation to the members and students for facing the interviews, ICSI has been decided to organize a orientation [Read More...]