ICSI launches new syllabus for CS foundation programme

Updated on: Wednesday, February 08, 2012

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), a premier national professional body established by an Act of Parliament to develop and regulate the profession of company secretaries, has launched a new syllabus for the CS foundation programme. Under the new syllabus, Optical Marks Recognition (OMR)-based examination (Objective-type multiple-choice questions) would be conducted for the foundation programme. The students are eligible to appear for the examination on the basis of self-study. The requirement of Coaching Completion Certificate has been discontinued for the foundation programme Students.

The CS foundation programme consists of four papers, business environment and entrepreneurship; business management, ethics and communication; business economics and fundamentals of accounting and auditing.

The new syllabus of will be effective from February 1, 2012 and the examination under this syllabus will be held from the December 2012 session.

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