Protest for rechecking of CA exam answer books. ICAI advises students not to be carried away
As reported in media, over 200 students of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) staged a protest outside its central Delhi office on Monday, alleging that paper evaluators have deducted marks for no reason and even correct answers were marked as wrong. The students demanded a recheck.
ICAI, acting swiftly has issued an announcement explaining the procedure and processes followed in ICAI examination system
According to the ICAI, in order to empathize the genuine concern, if any, of the students, they were given an opportunity to meet the officers and council members on 24th September, 2019 wherein more than ten representatives including ICAI members, non-members and students participated in the discussions. The representatives of agitators submitted that their only demand was to allow for provision of re-checking of answer books in the Chartered Accountancy examinations.
ICAI had earlier made an announcement with respect to Evaluation of answer books of CA exams on 21st September, 2019. Thus was followed by a webinar conducted on 22nd September, 2019 explaining the procedure and processes followed in the ICAI examination system to clear the misgivings about the examination process .
In this regard, the ICAI has also shared the provisions of Chartered Accountants Regulations 39(4) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 as under:
(4) [(i) Information as to whether a candidate’s answers in any particular paper or papers of any examination have been examined and marked shall be supplied to the candidate on his submitting within a month of the declaration of the result of the said examination, an application, accompanied by a fee as may be fixed by the Council which shall not exceed rupees five hundred in any case.]
(ii) The fee shall be only for verifying whether the candidate’s answers in any particular paper or papers have been examined and marked, and not for the re-examination of the answers.
(iii) The marks obtained by a candidate in individual questions or in sections of a paper shall not be supplied.
(iv) If as a result of such verification, it is discovered that there has been either an omission to examine or mark any answer or answers or there has been a mistake in the totaling of the marks, the fee for verification shall be refunded in full to the candidate.
In view of the above the ICAI has stated that the Regulations allow correction of marks awarded in case of :
1) No marks awarded to any answer or part of it.
2) Totaling errors in step-wise marks awarded for a answer
3) Wrong carry forward or its part of marks awarded to answer on the cover page of the answer books.
and beyond this, the Regulation does not permit any subjectivity in checking of answer books.
The representatives were explained about the afore-stated provisions of Chartered Accountants. However they were insistent on the demand for allowing re-evaluation of the answer books.
Accordingly, the ICAI has informed them that due process will be followed for consideration of their demand.
The ICAI has advised all the students not to be carried away by such issues. The Institute is seized of their problems and will be considered and taken up at the appropriate forum by following due process.
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