ICAI making CA exams more transparent

In the wake of the scandalous incident where about 300 students nearly failed their CA final exams because of the errors in totaling of marks, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has decided to make the CA exam more transparent. After revaluation, it was found that all these students had cleared one or both the groups. Besides this, it was also pointed out by teachers and students that the CA exam conducted by the institute last year repeated questions from previous years' question papers. Read more

Venkata Sivakumar, who is a chartered accountant and a lecturer, had filed a PIL on the valuation of CA papers but it was dismissed later by the Madras high court, as the petitioner was a lecturer and not a student.

CA Finals 2012 were conducted from May 2-17 and its results are soon to be declared. To avoid any more blunders, ICAI president Jaydeep N Shah, has asked the examiners to crosscheck the answer sheets once they are corrected. He has also announced that once the results are declared, students can request for the photocopies of their answer sheets that will be provided on-demand basis. Know more

ICAI is also working towards making the CA exams more transparent and stress-free for students. Last year, students were given 15 minutes of extra time to read the question paper carefully.

CA exams are usually conducted twice a year – in May and in November. About 15% students qualify to become Chartered Accountants. About first step to become CA

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