Carry Forward of June, 2020 Examination Fees to December, 2020 Examinations & The Procedure

The present situation of COVID-19 pandemic has raised a matter of concern with regard to health and safety. Looking into such a situation, many of the students who have applied for the June, 2020 session examination (Rescheduled to be held in August 2020) may wish to appear in the December Examination Session. But as they have already paid the required examination fees, they may be concerned about it.

Considering such concern of students, the Institute has decided:

To allow the students to opt for December session examinations instead of June session To carry forward the Examination Fees paid by the students for each module to the December session exams In case the student desire to apply for additional modules, he is required to apply separately for a particular module in December exam session No provision of partial fees to be carried forward for the next session.

The students, who wish to avail such facility offered by the Institute, are required to do the same at the institute website by following below mentioned instructions: Procedure to carry forward the June, 2020 Examination Fees to December, 2020Examinations

● Go to - http://support.icsi.edu
● Get on to -Registered user
● Enter your User name, Password and verification code
● Click on Submit button
● Go to “Topic”
● Appearing in the dropdown list go for “Carry Forward Exam Fees”
● Go to Sub-Topic and from the dropdown list select- “From June 2020 to Dec 2020”
● Mention, please cancel my enrolment for june 2020 exam session, under the “Complaint Description” box.
● Take the scan copy of the declaration form (as prescribed format issued by the Institute, enclosed also) duly filled and signed and upload it under the “Document upload” section.
(The File format shall be jpg, pdf, png, jpeg with maximum limit of 1 MB)
Write the verification code and submit it

It should be noted that once the request has been received, it shall be Final and no further request for change shall be entertained by the Institute.
The window for the students for opting to carry forward the fees shall be opened for a
specific time period.
Date: 20 th June, 2020 – 30 th June, 2020
Time: 00.01 Hours to 23.59 Hours

POSTPONEMENT OF ICSI JUNE 2020 EXAMINATIONS & Other Relevant Updates| CS Test Series

Looking into the present situation prevailing due to COVID-19, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India has further postponed the ICSI June, 2020 Examinations that were scheduled to be held from 6 th July to 16 th July, 2020.
The June session examination shall now commence from 18 th August and will end to 28 th August, 2020. The revised time tables of the different stages are:

Foundation Programme:

Executive Programme:

Professional Programme:

The Last Date of Registration for CSEET
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has announced the last date of registration for Company Secretary Executive Entrance Test (CSEET):

Date: 27th July 2020
Day: Monday

1 st CSEET Exam schedule date: 29 th August, 2020.
Day: Saturday

Students can proceed to registration on the website of the Institute at following link:

https://smash.icsi.in/Scripts/CSEET/Instructions_CSEET.aspx

One more attempt to students registered under 2012 old syllabus

Looking into the difficulties faced by the students due to COVID-19 pandemic, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has decided to provide one more attempt to the students of Executive and professional programmes who are registered under 2012 old syllabus.
They are allowed to appear in December, 2020 exams following the old syllabus.

As per the said announcement the students have two attempts:

● The June 2020 attempt, that is re-scheduled to be held in August, 2020 and or December, 2020 session
● For those who have opted to carry forward examination fees for June, 2020 (to be held in August, 2020) can appear in the December, 2020 session.

However the students who have switched to the new course shall continue to appear in the Examination following the new syllabus.
Also the students under old syllabus are required to compulsorily to switch new courses from June, 2021 session.

Summary: ICSI has further postponed the examinations and has rescheduled it to August, 2020 looking into the present situation of COVID-19. Also some relaxations have been provided regarding the number of attempts for old syllabus students and carry forward
of fees to December Examination sessions.

Exam Preparation For December 2020 Students | CS Test Series

You might have entered into a new stage of your professional course and thinking of how to prepare now for this stage. We are here to tell you the manner in which your preparation shall commence and take you to achieve your goal. Here is the strategy that will help you to complete your studies of your particular stage:

Start preparing well in advance

If you have opted for Self study you need to start well in advance without having a second thought that you have enough time or you cannot remember things studied one and half year back. Hard works pays and therefore an early start and continuous practice can give a
better output Identify your key subjects and other that are not in good part of yours Your professional course is fragmented practical subjects, semi practical subjects and theoretical subjects. Identify the subjects that you are comfortable with and which are your grey areas. Like if you are weak in practical subjects while theoretical subjects are your strength, then your strategy that be accordingly done. It is necessary because in your strengths you need to put less efforts than the other subjects in which you are not good.
Understanding the Topics & Concepts Through this you can understand practicalities which may be either through classes or self
study. What you need to do is:

 Preparing notes or summarized format of your subjects, mark important topics while studying. Make sure you understand all concepts and do write it down; it will help you to recall when you prepare for your exam.
 Just think you have to learn something new. What important is acquiring knowledge. So gain as much knowledge as possible. Don't think about exams right at this stage. Understanding the exam papers Pattern This will help you to understand how your exam papers actually look like? What type of questions are asked and how preparation can be done accordingly:
 When you have completed your classes or self study, have a look on all latest papers. It may be of last 3 or 2 years and understand the structure of exam papers, see how actually they are set and what are the number allocation pattern.
 By having a glance of exam papers you will get exam insights and when you will get back to study, you will know what type of questions you need to form to test yourself and how to prepare as per that.

Preparing for Exams (I stage of Revision)

This may take around 2 months and you need to prepare for exams, based on the pattern of exam papers you have seen. Based on what you have learned till date, you will solve everything keeping in mind the type of questions that are being asked in exams.
Self Check Revision (II stage of Revision) It may take around 1 month and this will be to gain confidence in what you have studied.

 A real quick revision which may go like one chapter each of four different subjects per day.
 No need to solve in details, just keep reading & find out the answers to it. You can roughly do one or two or questions.
 Read questions and answer them orally.

Paper-solving (An Exam before Exam)
This will be one month before your exams and it will give you an environment of examination hall and understand your level of preparations. You schedule should include nothing but practicing Test Series or Test papers It should have rounds of paper-solving; this should be daily basis

Final One Day Match (III stage of Revision)

This should be to get ready for final round of exam studies and within last week before exam.
 To rectifying mistakes noticed while solving paper.
 You can make division by revising the complete portion in 75% of the day and use the rest 25% in solving the test papers.

Thus with a proper strategy, strong determination and continuous practice you can prepare well to achieve success in your professional course.
So, Let’s Begin Today!!!!!!

ICSI to take disciplinary Action against Students prefixing ‘CS’ in their name

In the 173 rd  meeting held on June 23-24, 2007, the Council of the Institute decided that a MEMBER of the Institute is allowed to prefix CS to his name to distinguish himself from other professionals and in order to build a brand image of the CS profession.
A student is only enrolled as a MEMBER of the Institute only when he has completed the course along with the mandatory practical & other training requirements as prescribed by the Institute from time to time. It is necessary that the student has obtained the
membership. But it has come to knowledge of the Institute that some of the students are “Prefixing ‘CS’ before their names and are misrepresenting themselves as a Member of the Institute”

The institute of Company Secretaries of India on 11, June, 2020 issued an advisory, where it has warned the students with regard to taking strict disciplinary actions against the students who are practicing the same.

The institute has also clarified that merely:

 Getting registered as a student OR
 Qualifying the final examinations OR
 Completing the practical trainings

cannot be sufficient to be called as a member of the Institute, there is a mandatory requirement to obtain the MEMBERSHIP of the institute. Prefixing CS before obtaining membership and representing as a member leads to contravention of section 24 of the
Companies Secretaries Act, 1980 and disciplinary action will be taken against that.

The Institute is strictly in vigilance to take note of the same and will take every step to prevent the usage of name. The Institute also mentioned that the said advisory has been issued to create awareness among the students and not to prefix CS before their name
until and unless they are not admitted as the MEMBER of the Institute. Looking into the section 24 of Companies Secretaries Act, 1980, it says:

24. Penalty for falsely claiming to be a member etc.

Subject to the provisions of section 7, any person who,—
(a) not being a member of the Institute,— (i) represents that he is a member of the Institute; or (ii) uses the designation “Company Secretary”; or (iii) uses the letters “A.C.S.”  or “F.C.S.” after his name; or

(b) being a member of the Institute, but not having a certificate of practice, represents that he is in practice or practises as a Company Secretary, shall be punishable on first conviction with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, and on any subsequent conviction with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.

Summary: An advisory to the students has been issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India regarding not to prefix CS before their name or represent them as a member of the Institute unless they have obtained membership of the institute. In case
they are found of doing so, there will be strict action taken against them.