READ CAREFULLY SOME IMPORTANT POINT FOR ICWAI/CMA STUDENT WRITTEN BY CMA SAMIR BISWAL

ICWA Foundation Course

Eligibility for Admission:

(a) 17 years of age; and

(b) Passed Senior Secondary Examination under 10+2 scheme of a recognized Board

Incumbents waiting for the result can apply for provisional admission

Fees (Postal Coaching)

Rs.2000/- for Postal Tuition plus

Rs.150/- for Prospectus ( No registration fee)

(Remit through a Demand Draft of any Scheduled bank in the Name of ICWAI payable at Kolkata)

Documents to be enclosed with application form:
1. Bank Draft ( as mentioned above)
2. Attested Copy of Matriculation Certificate
3. Attested copy of 10+2 Certificate or Marks Statement
4. Three photographs attested and pasted on the form

(Attestation should be by any member of ICWAI /ICAI/ /ICSI/Parliament/Stage Legislative Assembly or a Gazetted Officer or a Principal of a college)

ICWA Intermediate Course

Eligibility for Admission:

(a) is not less than 18 years of age; and

(b) has passed degree Examination of any recognized University or equivalent incumbents waiting for the result can apply for provisional admission

Fees ( Postal Coaching)

Rs.3500/- for Postal tuition plus

Rs. 300/- for Registration Charges plus

Rs.150/- for Prospectus

(Remit through a Demand Draft of any Scheduled bank in the Name of ICWAI payable at Kolkata)Documents to be enclosed with application form:
1. Bank Draft ( as mentioned above)
2. Attested Copy of Matriculation Certificate
3. Attested copy of 10+2 Certificate or Marks Statement
4. Attested copy of the degree
5. Three photographs attested and pasted on the form

(Attestation should be by any member of ICWAI /ICAI/ /ICSI/Parliament/Stage Legislative Assembly or a Gazetted Officer or a Principal of a college)

When to Apply:

Exams are held two times in a year i.e. on 18th to 21st June and on 26th to 29th December.

For June Term Examination apply before 15th December of previous year and for December Term Examination apply before 15th June.

Where to Apply:

All students shall submit their Postal Application form, duly filled in together with relevant documents and remittances to their respective Regional Councils only.

ICWA Final Course

Eligibility requirements

No candidate shall be admitted to the Final Examination unless he/she has got a valid registration number (not time-barred).

He / she has not been debarred from appearing in ICWAI Examination. 

He/she has  passed the ICWAI Intermediate Examination in penultimate term; i.e. a student passing in December Examination shall not be allowed to sit for the next June Examination .

He/she has obtained the necessary coaching completion certificate. 

He/she has paid the fees according to Current Rate within the stipulated date: i.e. 15th April and 25th October for June and December Examination, respectively. 

He/she has submitted the application in prescribed form which is available from the Head Quarters, Regional Councils and Chapters on payment of Rs.20 only by Demand Draft or against cash payment at the counters of the respective offices. (Rs.25/- if obtained by Post) .

Option to use Hindi in Foundation, Intermediate and Final Examinations of the Institute:

Candidates of Foundation, Intermediate and Final Examinations are allowed to exercise option for answering questions in Hindi.

For obtaining Coaching Completion Certificate (CCC),it is necessary for the student to complete the following trainings:

1. Dissertation- 5000 Words.

For obtaining CCC, either in stage III or IV, whichever is later, the student is required to undergo dissertation. The methodology would be as follows:

Dissertation should be conducted under the guidance of a person having any of the qualifications viz. FICWA, FCA, FCS, University Professor, Associate Professor, Officers in the rank of Dy.. Secretary and above in respect of the State or Central Govt., Officers in the rank of DGM/Vice-President in respect of Private or Public Sector organizations as applicable.

The student would require to select the Guide to examine his/her dissertation. However, the Regional Councils and Oral Coaching Centres having permission to conduct Oral or Postal coaching in the Final course, may issue introductory letter to the students on request.  

The Regional Council/Chapters would maintain a list of such persons selected as Guide for such dissertations. One copy of  the papers submitted by the student would be kept with the Regional Council/Chapter in their Library for future reference, and a list will be sent to Director of Studies at Headquarters, Kolkata. While issuing certificate for dissertation, the Regional Council/Chapter would mention the topic in the respective dissertation. 

No fees would be charged by the Regional Council/Chapter for such type of dissertation.

2. Computer hand on 100 hours.

The candidate who has passed one stage and appearing in another stage or the candidate appearing in both stages of the examination is required to complete the compulsory computer training with recognized institutions as notified by the Institute from time to time. A separate fee for this training is required to be paid.

Exemption from Computer training is available, if a candidate fulfills the following:

Students having "A" level certificate of DOEACC would be exempted from appearing in computer training in the Final level. 
Additionally, students having Post-graduate Degree/Diploma awarded by any organisation, recognised by any Indian University or AICTE for this purpose will be exempted for undergoing the Computer Training Course.

Students having requisite qualification and desirous of availing of the facility of exemption as mentioned above may apply to Director (Studies), ICWAI, 12, Sudder Street,Kolkata-700 016 with relevant documents along with a remittance of Rs 1200/- by way of demand draft in favour of ICWAI payable at Kolkata in the prescribed form.

3. Modular Training-15 days

The Regional Councils and Chapters would arrange modular training for 15 working days. The fees for this training will not exceed Rs. 1500/-.

4. Audit/ Industrial Training- 12 Months

Training covers the following areas:

Orientation of the organization 
Cost and Management Accounting areas 
Financial Account areas 
Management Accounting areas 
General Office services 
This training will be arranged by the student under intimation to the Regional Council or Chapter as applicable.

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This Article is written by CMA Samir Biswal. He can be reached at cmasamirbiswal@gmail.com

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