ICSI webcast to discuss issues related to Secretarial Standards

ICSI organizing webcast to discuss issues related to Secretarial Standards from 03:00 to 05:00 p.m. on 30.06.2015. Secretarial Standards on ‘Meetings of the Board of Directors’ [“SS-1”] and ‘General Meetings’ [“SS-2”] shall come into effect from 1st July, 2015.

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NIRC- All India Moot Court Competition for Students of ICSI

Northern India Regional Council of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India is organizing 13th All India Moot Court Competition for Students of ICSI. The National Level Competition will be held on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at ICSI-NIRC, New DToelhi. 

To download NIRC all India moot court competition notification click here

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ICSI Secretarial Standards SS-1 and SS-2 shall come into effect from 1st July, 2015.

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) had vide ICSI Notification No.1 (SS) of 2015 dated 23rd April, 2015, as published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part III – Section 4, issued the Secretarial Standards on ‘Meetings of the Board of Directors’ [“SS-1”] and ‘General Meetings’ [“SS-2”] [collectively referred to as the Secretarial Standards]. These Secretarial Standards shall come into effect from 1st July, 2015.

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KCC Online Tests

Prepare for Company Secretary Exams with KCC Online Test.

1. Login to www.kcctutorials.com/onlinetest 2. Click on onlinetest
3.Then sign up
4. After sign up, you will get an activation link.
5. Click that link in your e-mail id.
6. Now you will be able to appear in Online preparation test.
7. There are two tests, practice test and main tests.
8. Practice tests are free, but main are free only for one month

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How to prepare for Company Secretary Executive June, 2015 Exams

Company Secretary Course is considered one of the toughest & prestigious course amongst professional courses like Chartered Accountancy and Cost Accountancy Courses. This Course requires students to have deep knowledge of laws and regular updates. Tension gets mounted when exams approach and most of students even after preparing for a long period of time loose their patience during last stage of preparation before the exams. I have also faced all the three exams i.e CS, CA & CMA and cleared very easily but never lost my patience, so whatever I have learnt from my experience is try to share with you. Noteworthy point is that different students have different caliber and stamina to study, so they can study according to their own plan if they find that suitable.

                
Tips for CS Executive Preparation when you are left with few days before exams

1. Never read all subjects on a single day, because it makes all messy and confusing.
2. Read the first paper during first 2-3 days before the first exam.
3. In module I ,  paper of Company Law is typical, and in December, 2014 exams most of the questions were practical situation based, so students are advised to read this paper very carefully and point by point, for practical questions help of any standard book like CA Final Corporate Laws & Allied Laws authored by Munish Bhandari may be taken, but students are advised that this book is mainly for CA Final students so try to read only practical questions from this book after reading your provisions from whatever source.
4. First three exams are OMR based, so try to solve MCQ at least once from any standard book, if students are unable to find any standard book from the market, then students can read scanner published by Suchita Parkashan, but please note that first read the topics from Module or any standard book then go for MCQ.
5. Percentage required to clear the exams is at least 40% in each exam and at least 50% in aggregate, in December, 2014 exams most of students got exemption i.e 60% or more than that, marks in the OMR based paper but could not get even 40% marks in the other subjective papers especially Company Law & Capital Market and Securities Law Exams. Reason was that when you are attempting MCQ based questions you get four answers, when answer is before you it becomes easy to pick that and moreover there is no negative marking in CS Exams unlike in CA CPT exams, which makes CS OMR based papers very easy, so students are advised to devote extra time to subjective papers rather than OMR based papers.
6. For the last three attempts, Capital Market and Securities Law paper is also covering practical approach based paper, I consider this paper toughest from students point of view, only way to get through this paper is firstly to read the module or any standard book carefully then try to read at least once previous exams from any book of students like.
7. There is saying that what you think in your mind is in your hands, so now only think exams and avoid any party or functions etc. because few days before and during exams even a little thing makes maximum distraction, so avoid any function etc.



 

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Last Date for Admission of CS Executive & Professional Programme December, 2015 Exams

Students are advised to note following important dates regarding admission/enrolment 
Last Date for registration of CS Executive Programme (Single Module) - 31st May, 2015
Last Date for registration of CS Professional Programme (Single Module) - 31st May, 2015

Point to Note:
1. There is no admission with late fee.
2. Students who have appeared in their final year of graduation exams can also apply for enrolment on provisional basis.
3. Student will be eligible to appear only any single module of CS Executive & CS Professional Exam.
4. If student is still facing any problem, he/she can post his query on this blog in the comment column, KCC will try to resolve the query at the earliest.

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Fresh Batches for CS Foundation, Executive & Professional Program

FRESH BATCHES FOR CS FOUNDATION, EXECUTIVE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM FOR DEC, 2015 EXAM

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Last Date for Submission of CS Foundation Form

Last Date for Submission of CS Foundation Enrolment/Admission Form
Last Date for Submission of Form - 31st March, 2015
Admission with Late Fee - No Such Provision
Fee - Rs. 4,500/-
Mode of Submission of Form - Online Only
Eligibility to appear - +2 Passed Student or Student appearing in +2 exams in March, 2015
Attempt Eligibility - December, 2015 Exams

See also
Passing Marks Criteria in CS Executive & CS Professional Course 
Pass Percentage of CS Executive & CS Professional Course in June & December, 2014 
Timetable for CS June, 2015 Exams 

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Passing Marks Criteria in Company Secretary Exams in CS Executive & CS Professional Course

Passing Criteria in Company Secretary Exams

CS Executive

1. Single Module – A student appearing in single module (any of two) needs to get at least 40 marks in each paper and aggregate of 50% marks in entire group.

EXEMPTION

a)      If a student fails to get 40% marks in each paper or 50% marks in aggregate, but gets 60% or more marks in any one or more papers, he will be exempted from appearing in that papers in which he got 60% or more marks.

b)      But to avail exemption under point (a) above, student must get at least 25% marks in other papers of that group.

Frequently Asked Questions by students regarding Exemption in any Paper

1. If Mr. A gets the marks in module I of CS Executive as follows:

Taxation : 62, Cost & Management A/c: 55, ECL: 58, Company Law: 28, what will be points regarding exemption?

Ans. In this case, Mr. A shall be exempted from appearing in Taxation exams in the further exams.

2. Whether in the above example, Mr. A will be required to get remaining marks to get through the exams i.e 200-62 = 138?

Ans. My answer is no, in the remaining papers, he will have to get at least 50 marks in each paper, for example if he gets 40 marks in costing, 52 marks in ECL and 46 marks in company law, now he has acquired total – 62+40+52+46 = 200 marks but he will be considered fail, because he has to get at least 50 marks in the remaining papers.

3. Suppose in the question no. 1, Mr. A got 24 marks in company law, then would the answer in 1 will remain same?

Ans. No, he will not get any exemption, because to avail exemption, student must get at least 25 marks in the remaining papers, but he got 24 marks in company law, his exemption will lapse and will have to appear in entire group in the next exams.

Both Modules

To get pass in the both modules, student must get at least 40 marks in each paper, and 50% marks in aggregate in both modules.

Different Situations when appeared in both groups simultaneously

1. Marks in 1^st Module – 40+50+50+60 = 200, Marks in Module – II – 58 + 52, 40 = 150

Ans: Aggregate is 350 i.e 50%, and minimum marks in each paper is 40, so answer is pass.

2. Marks in 1^st Module – 40+50+50+58 = 198, Marks in Module – II – 58 + 52, 42 = 152

Ans. Aggregate is 350 i.e 50%, and minimum marks in each paper is 40, so answer is pass. Noteworthy point in this case is that the student has got only 198 marks in module I , but has made up the deficiency of 2 marks from 2^nd Module by getting 152 marks, This is greatest benefit of appearing in both modules.

3. Marks in 1^st Module – 40+50+50+58 = 198, Marks in Module – II – 62 + 52, 38 = 152

Ans. Student is fail in both modules, even if he has got total 350 i.e 50% in aggregate, because he has got 38 marks in one paper of module II, he failed in IInd Module due to that benefit of 2 marks could not be transferred to module I.

CS PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM

Single Module

1. Marks – 40+50+60= 150

Ans. Student is pass.

2. Marks – 40+38+72 = 150

Ans. Fail, but exemption in third paper, now student will have to appear in only first two papers but will have to get at least 50 marks in both of these papers.

Two Modules

1. Module -  I, Marks – 40+50+60 = 150 Marks, Module II – 40+50+58 = 148 Marks

Ans: Pass in first module but fail in second module.

2. Module -  I, Marks – 40+50+62 = 152 Marks, Module II – 40+50+58 = 148 Marks

Ans. Pass in first module but fail in second module, Noteworthy point is that aggregate becomes 50% marks, but benefit of extra marks is transferred only if students appears in all the three modules.

All Three Groups

1.  Module -  I, Marks – 40+50+62 = 152 Marks, Module II – 40+50+58 = 148 Marks, Module – III – 40+50+60 = 150

Ans. Student is pass in all groups , since he has got 40% marks in each paper and 50% in aggregate, in this case, benefit of extra 2 marks in module I is transferred to Module II, so student has been able to pass the exams. This is the major benefit of appearing in all modules.

2. Module -  I, Marks – 40+50+62 = 152 Marks, Module II – 40+50+58 = 148 Marks, Module – III – 38+50+62 = 150

Ans. Pass in only Module I, Fail in Module II & III, since he is unable to get at least 40 marks in each paper, he got 38 marks in 1^st paper of Module III, he failed in IIIrd Module, so his benefit of 2 marks in Module I will not be transferred to Module II. Now he will have to avail at least 50 marks in remaining two papers in Module III & aggregate 50% marks in module II in the next Exams. 

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Pass Percentage of CS Executive & Professional Programme for June, 2014 & Dec, 2014 Exams

Comparison between pass percentage of CS Exams June, 2014 & Dec, 2014

CS Executive Old Syllabus

Modules	June, 2014	December, 2014
Module – I	17.35%	10.11%
Module – II	19.33%	10.65%

CS Executive New Syllabus

Modules	June, 2014	December, 2014
Module – I	11.35%	12.48%
Module – II	11.90%	10.25%

CS Professional Old Syllabus

Modules	June, 2014	December, 2014
Module I	33.61%	30.18%
Module II	29.86%	13.64%
Module III	16.16%	13.49%
Module IV	20.21%	18.09%

CS Professional New Syllabus

Modules	June, 2014	December, 2014
Module – I	11.09%	8.68%
Module – II	22.40%	10.63%
Module – III	12.64%	10.69%

Comparative analysis shows that result of CS Executive & Professional Course is going down attempt after attempt, so students are advised to be careful and hardworking now.     Data compiled by Jagdeep Arora  - See more at: http://www.kcctutorials.com/comparison-pass-percentage-cs-june-2014-dec-2014-exams/#sthash.CqfYLhnR.dpuf

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