ICAI

FOR ATTENTION OF STUDENTS – JUNE, 2009 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 June, 2009 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.

1) NAME: You should check that your name in the online form appears correctly on punching your student Registration Number therein.

2) 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.

3) 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.

4) 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.

5) 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.

6) ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS IN BRIEF (Full reference should be made to the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 as amended in 2006):

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.

All Professional Education (Examination– II) students, who have passed Foundation / Professional Education ( Examination-II).

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 March, 2009.

All Professional Education (Examination-I) passed candidates directly admitted to Professional Competence 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 March, 2009 and

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 Competence Examination latest by 1st June, 2009.

Note : For further details regarding switching over to Professional Competence 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.

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 10 th May 2009 to 9 th June 2009(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.

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

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