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FOR ATTENTION OF STUDENTS –NOVEMBER, 2010 EXAMINATION
MISTAKES GENERALLY COMMITTED IN FILLING THE APPLICATION FORM
While processing the examination application forms filled-in by the candidates, certain mistakes are usually found in a large number of forms leading thereby to avoidable delays at our end and avoidable correspondence with the candidates. The end result is delay in release of admit card to the students, causing thereby unwanted anxiety at both the ends.
Candidates intending to appear in the ensuing November,2010 examination are therefore, individually urged to take some time off from their routine while filling up the form and keep in mind the following critical columns in order to help us to serve them better.
NAME: You should check that your name in the online form appears correctly on punching your student Registration Number therein.
MEDIUM: You must clearly indicate by selecting the relevant option relating to medium of examination either English or Hindi. Else, English will be taken as the medium and no request for change will be entertained thereafter.
EXAMINATION CENTRE: You have to select the relevant option relating to the code of the examination centre from amongst the centres as indicated in the dropdown menu list from where you wish to appear in the ensuing examination. The code number of the examination centre varies from examination to examination. Please be careful and be doubly sure before you select the relevant option relating to the code number of the centre as no request for change of centre will be entertained subsequently under any circumstances.
GROUP APPLIED: You have to clearly indicate by selecting the relevant option relating to Group in which you intend to appear in the ensuing examination. No request for change of group shall be entertained subsequently.
REGISTRATION NUMBER: Please punch your registration number exactly as you have been intimated by the Institute in the Board of Studies registration letter issued to you. Candidates are advised to punch their unique Registration number and also fill up their old Registration number, if any.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS IN BRIEF (Full reference should be made to the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 as amended in 2006):
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All Eligible Candidates of Professional Education (Examination– II) who have already appeared and passed one of the Groups or could not pass any of the Groups or they were eligible to appear in the Professional Education Examination– II as on 13th September, 2006. |
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All Professional Education (Examination– II) students, who have passed Foundation / Professional Education ( Examination-II).
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All Candidates who have passed the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) conducted by ICAI and Senior Secondary Examination (10+2examination) conducted by an examining body constituted by Law in India or an examination recognized by the Central Government as equivalent thereto and who have completed 15 months of practical training as an articled assistant or as an audit assistant or partly as an articled assistant and partly as an audit assistant, as on 1st August, 2010.
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All Professional Education (Examination-I) passed candidates directly admitted to Professional Competency Course (PCC) and who have completed 15 months of practical training as an articled assistant or as an audit assistant or partly as an articled assistant and partly as an audit assistant as on 1st August, 2010.
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In addition to the above, students are also required to have successfully completed 250 Hours Compulsory Computer Training programme/ 100 Hours Information Technology Training programme to be eligible to appear in this Professional Competency Examination on or before the commencement the of examination. |
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Note : For further details regarding switching over to Professional Competency Course (PCC) and eligibility norms for Professional Education(Course-II) students switching over to PCC, please refer to the Announcement titled “ TRANSITION SCHEME - UPDATE” published at pages 24-25 of December, 2007 issue of the student’s Newsletter - The Chartered Accountant Student. |
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7) ADMIT CARD: Candidates can also download the admit cards from the website www.icai.nic.in by using the Personal Identification Number (PIN) indicated by them in the application form. The admit card so downloaded will not contain the specimen signature and photograph of the candidate but the same is valid for admission to the examination centre.
8) HELPLINE DESK: Helpline Desk will be functional from 17th October, 2010 to 22nd November, 2010 (for 24 hours on all days) to attend to Admit Card related queries. Telephone Nos. 0120-3054851, 3054852, 3054853 Fax No.0120-3054841.
E-mail id: pce_examhelpline @ icai.in, website : www.icai.org.
9) Candidates are advised in their own interest to retain the “Notes for Information and Guidance of Applicants” and a printout of the application (after online submission) for reference till the admit card is received by them.
Please note that there will be no change in the Examination schedule in the event of any day of the examination schedule being declared a public Holiday by the Central Government or any State Government.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
LIST OF EXAMINATION CENTRES
November, 2010
(A Candidate can choose any one examination centre of his choice irrespective of his registration to any Regional Office of ICAI. But, Centre once opted will not be changed under any circumstances.)
Please Click Here For The List Of Exam Centres
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
PROFESSIONAL COMETENCE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER, 2010
(Under the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988)
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NOTES FOR INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE OF APPLICANTS
ATTENTION CANDIDATES
1.Kindly select the relevant option relating to the Examination Centre in the online form from the dropdown menu.
2. Since the admit card to be issued to the candidates contains scanned photograph and specimen signature of the candidates, there is no need for a separate Identity Card.
3. For obtaining admit card and statement of marks by e-mail, candidates may fill their e-mail address in the relevant column in Online form.
4. Examination Fee should be remitted only online. For further details, please see paragraph (3) & (4) hereunder of notes for information and guidance of applicants.
5. In case of non-receipt of Admit Card or any other communication relating thereto by 20th October, 2010, candidates should follow guidelines given in paragraph (9) hereunder.
6. Medium of Examination is either HINDI or ENGLISH LAST DATE FOR ONLINE FILLING OF APPLICATION
Without Late Fee : 26th August, 2010 (till 2400 hrs. IST)
With Late Fee of Rs. 500/- (USD 11) : 3rd September, 2010 (till 1730 hrs. IST)
The next Professional Competency Examination (PCE) under the syllabus as specified by the Council in accordance with Regulation 28C (3) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 as amended vide the Chartered Accountants (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 (as published in the Gazette of India : Extraordinary, dated 13th September, 2006) will be held in November, 2009. The students of Professional Education – (Examination II) and erstwhile Intermediate Examination covered under previous syllabus as per Para 2 and 2A respectively of schedule B to CA Regulations, 1988 now wishing to appear, if otherwise eligible, in PCE have to fill up this form.
(1) Dates and Timings of the Examination:
Group I: 9th, 11th & 13th November 2010 Time: 09.00 am to 12.00 noon (IST)
Group II: 15th, 17th & 19th November 2010 Time: 09.00 pm to 12.00 noon (IST)
Note: Examination timings at Abu Dhabi and Dubai Centers will be 7.30 a.m. to 10.30a.m. Dubai local time equivalent to 09.00a.m. to 12.00 noon. (IST). Examination timings at Katmandu centre will be 09.15a.m. to 12.15 p.m. Nepal local time equivalent to 09.00a.m. to 12.00 noon (IST)
Special Note: There will be no change in the examination schedule in the event of any day of the examination schedule being declared a Public Holiday by the Central Government or any State Government.
(2) Subject:
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Advanced Accounting |
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Cost Accounting and Financial Management |
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Auditing and Assurance |
Paper - 5 |
Taxation |
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Law, Ethics and Communication |
Paper - 6 |
Information Technology and Strategic Management |
3 (a) (i) Examination Fee:
Both Groups Rs. 1600/
One of the Groups Rs.1000/-
(ii) The fee for candidates opting for Abu Dhabi & Dubai Centres will be US Dollars $350 or its equivalent Indian Currency irrespective of whether a candidate appears in a Single Group or Both Groups. The fee for candidates opting for Katmandu (Nepal) centre will be Rs. 2,250/- (Indian Currency or its equivalent relevant foreign currency) irrespective of whether a candidate appears in a single group or both groups.
Note:Students are advised not to remit any fee other than the examination fee along with printout of the online Examination Application form.
(b) Examination Centre: List of examination centres as published is provided as a dropdown menu in the online form.
(4) Mode of payment of Fee:
THE EXAMINATION FEE SHOULD BE PAID ONLY ONLINE THROUGH CREDIT CARD EITHER VISA OR MASTER CARD.
Admit Card
Candidates are advised, in their own interest, to fill-in each column of the online application form very carefully and clearly. In case each column of the form is not filled up properly, candidates might have to face the problem especially with regard to timely receipt of admit card. Admit Card will be required for appearing in the examination.
Last date for receipt of printed online application
Without Late fee : 30-08-2010 (Till 17.30 hrs. IST)
With Late fee of Rs. 500/- (or US Dollars $11 for appearing from Abu Dhabi & Dubai Centers): 07-09-2010 (Till 17.30 hrs. IST)
ONLINE APPLICATION FORM SHALL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AFTER 17.30 hrs IST on 3rd September, 2010.
Therefore Candidates wishing to submit their Applications online must submit the same well in advance of the last date in order to avoid any problem in accessing the website.
(7) The Candidate may fill up the examination application form online at https://www.icaiexam.icai.org from 5th August, 2010 to 3rd September, 2010 and remit the fee and late fee as applicable online by using Credit Card, either VISA or Mastercard. After online submission of the application candidates are required to take print of the same and affix their photograph and signature in the relevant columns, get the same attested by a member of the Institute and thereafter send the printout of form to the following address The Additional Secretary (Examinations), ICAI Bhawan, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Indraprastha Marg, New Delhi- 110002 by Speed Post (and not through Courier) so as to reach him on or before 30th August,2010 (if submitted online without late fee) and 7th September,2010 (if submitted online with late fee)
(8) Admission requirements in brief (full reference should be made to the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988):
No candidate shall be admitted to Professional Competency Examination unless:
(a) he has passed Common Proficiency Test held under the Chartered Accounts Regulations, 1988 and Senior Secondary Examination (10+2 examination) conducted by an examining body constituted by law in India or an examination recognized by the Central Government as equivalent thereto; and
(b) He has worked for not less than fifteen months as an articled assistant or as an audit assistant or partly as an articled assistant and partly as an audit assistant, three months prior to the first day of the month in which examination is held i.e. on 1st February, 2010 for the May, 2010 Professional Competency Examination ; and
(c) He has completed a course on Information Technology Training for such period and in such manner and within such time as may be specified by the Council from time to time;
provided that, a candidate who has passed Foundation Examination/ Professional Education (Examination – I) and successfully completed the Computer Training programme or Information Technology Training under these Regulations shall be admitted to the Examination subject to compliance of clause (b) above.
Provided further that a candidate who was exempted from passing the Professional Education (Examination – I) under proviso to sub-regulation (1) of regulation 25B and is registered as a candidate for the Professional Education (Course – II) shall be admitted, after discontinuance of the Professional Education (Examination – II), to the Professional Competency Examination, subject to his being otherwise eligible to appear in the Professional Education (Examination – II).
The implications of above paragraphs are clarified below for general information of candidates to appear in Professional Competency Examination to be held in November, 2010:
The eligibility requirements for appearing in Professional Competency Examination to be held in November, 2009 are as under: -
Category 1:
PE-II Students who have passed Foundation Examination.
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Category 2:
PE-II Students who have passed PE-I Examination.
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Category 3:
All such students who have already appeared in PE-II Examination and passed one of the groups or could not pass any of the groups or were eligible to appear in the PE-II Examination as on 13th September, 2006.
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All such candidates who have passed the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) conducted by ICAI and Senior Secondary Examination (10+2 examination) conducted by an examining body constituted by Law in India or an examination recognized by the Central Government as an equivalent thereto AND have worked for not less than 15 months as an Articled assistant or as an audit assistant or partly as an articled assistant and partly as an audit assistant as on 1st August, 2010.
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All the such candidates who have passed the Professional Education (Examination-I) and directly admitted to the Professional Competency Course (PCC) AND have worked for not less than 15 months as an articled assistant or as an audit assistant or partly as an articled assistant and partly as an audit assistant as on 1st August, 2010.
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All students of category 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 above should also successfully complete 250 Hours Compulsory Computer Training Programme / 100 Hours Information Training Programme on or before the commencement of the examination and should submit the proof of such ITT before 30th November,2010.
(9) Issue of Admit Cards :
(a) Candidates who are found eligible will be issued Admit Cards bearing the scanned photograph of the candidate normally 21 days prior to the commencement of the examination.
(b) Candidates can ascertain the details of Roll No., examination centre etc. 25 days before the start of the examination from Internet at www.icai.nic.in
(c) Candidates can also download the admit cards from the above website by using the Personal Identification Number (PIN) indicated by them in the application form. The admit card so downloaded will not contain the specimen signature and photograph of the candidate but the same is valid for admission to the examination centre.
(d) Candidate whose eligibility is in doubt will be addressed for clarification, normally 14 days prior to the commencement of examination.
(e) Candidates may contact the respective Regional Offices for ascertaining their Roll Numbers if they do not receive their Admit Cards till a week prior to the commencement of the examination.
Similarly, candidates who have opted for such places as their centres where the Institute’s branches exist may contact the respective branch offices for ascertaining their roll numbers and for any assistance for admission to the examination during the last week of October, 2010.
(f) In case of any difficulty, the Additional Secretary (Exams.), ICAI, C-1, Sector - I, NOIDA 201 301 (UP) may be contacted on Fax No. 0120-3054841 or Help Line Desk on Telephone Nos. 0120-3054851, 3054852, 3054853.
(g) On receipt of admit cards, candidates are advised to verify the Name, Registration Number, Centre, Medium, Group opted etc. In case of any discrepancy, the “Help Line Desk” should immediately be contacted.
(10) Option to answer questions in Hindi:
Candidates of the Professional Competency Examination are allowed to opt for Hindi medium for answering question papers. Candidates desirous of answering questions in Hindi shall exercise their option at the very outset while making application for admission to the examination by selecting the relevant option. The option is available for all the papers of a Group or Both Groups in entirety as may be applicable. In other words, if a candidate appears in a Group, he can opt for Hindi medium only for that Group. If he appears in both the Groups then he has to exercise option for both the Groups and not for a single Group. No paper-wise option is allowed. If a candidate who has not exercised his option to answer the papers in Hindi in the application, but answers in Hindi, he will not get any credit for his answers. The option exercised once shall be final and cannot be changed subsequently. In the absence of a clear indication by the candidate about the medium opted by him, English medium will be reckoned as the medium of answers. If a Hindi medium candidate answers all questions or a question or part thereof in English, he will not get any credit for such answer. However, Hindi medium candidates can write numbers, figures, technical phrases/terms in English and can also solve numerical questions thereof in English. Similarly, if a English medium candidate answers all questions or a question or part thereof in Hindi, he will not get any credit for such answer.
(11) Requirements for Passing the Professional Competency Examination (PCE) :
(1) A candidate may appear in both the groups simultaneously or in one group in one examination and in the remaining group at any subsequent examination. He shall ordinarily be declared to have passed the Professional Competency Examination if he passes in both the groups.
(2) A candidate shall ordinarily be declared to have passed in both the groups simultaneously, if he –
(a) Secures at one sitting a minimum of 40 per cent marks in each paper of each of the groups and minimum of 50 per cent marks in the aggregate of all the papers of each of the groups ; or
(b) Secures at one sitting a minimum of 40 per cent marks in each paper of both the groups and a minimum of 50 per cent marks in the aggregate of all the papers of both the groups taken together.
(3) A candidate shall be declared to have passed in a group if he secures at one sitting a minimum of 40 per cent marks in each paper of the group and a minimum of 50 per cent marks in the aggregate of all the papers of that group.
(4) A candidate who has passed in any one but not in both the groups either of the Professional Education (Examination – II) under the syllabus as specified by the Council under sub-Regulation (5) of regulation 28B of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 effective from October 2001, the Examination for which commenced from November, 2002 or of the Intermediate Examination as per syllabus under paragraph 2A of Schedule ‘B’ to the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 shall be eligible for exemption in that particular group and shall be required to appear and pass in the remaining group in order to pass the Professional Competency Examination.
(5) The Council may frame guidelines to continue to award exemption in a paper(s) to a candidate, granted earlier under the syllabus as specified under sub-regulation (5) of Regulation 28B of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 for the unexpired chance or chances of the exemption in the corresponding paper or papers for the papers or papers in which he had secured exemption if the corresponding paper(s) exists in the new syllabus as November be specified by the Council. On appearing in the examination of the corresponding paper(s) for the paper(s) in which he had failed, he shall be declared to have passed the examination if he secures at one sitting a minimum of 40 percent marks in the corresponding paper(s) for the paper(s) in which he had failed earlier and a minimum of 50 per cent marks in the aggregate of all the papers of the group including the marks of the paper(s) in which he had earlier been granted exemption by the Council. In other words, a Professional Education (Examination–II) student who has been granted an exemption under Regulation37A (7) in one or more papers shall continue to enjoy the said exemption in the corresponding paper(s) under Professional Competency Examination as shown below:
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