Urgent qurey of articleship

please give information students who are registerd under direct entry schme he required 9 months articleship for apper exam my qurey is that in that nine months can he take normal leave i mean whole 9 months can he taken 7-8 days leave or can students doing perpectely nine months training for exam and also me information when the direct entry student require to do  GMCS as per rules gmcs taken of first year of articleship then in direct entry students they taken 9 months articleship and they apper for exam and result coming after three months then that students completed their one year articleship in that case that student not able to do GMCS in first year of articleship then can any effect occured there exam and that students GMCS is done after one year can done 

                please give information.