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
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