ICAI agrees to look into the exam process after student’s protests

ICAI agrees to look into the exam process after student’s protests

On Thursday, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has agreed to the student’s demand and formed a committee which will look into the evaluation process of the CA answer sheets.Earlier, ICAI’s president, Prafulla Chhajed had said that ICAI ensures multiple levels of monitoring to ensure the quality evaluation of the answer sheets.Later in a statement, the ICAI said, "It has decided to constitute a high-level independent committee to look into the examination processes/ regulations governing CA examinations including Regulation 39(4) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 and suggest changes wherever required in the ICAI examination system." “The convener of the committee will be P C Jain, government nominee to the ICAI council. The panel will include former Supreme Court Judge Justice (retd.) Anil R Dave, former ICAI presidents Ved Jain and Amarjit Chopra, and educationist Girish Ahuja. Rakesh Sehgal, acting secretary, ICAI will act as Secretary to this committee” ICAI said in a statement. The CA aspirants were protesting outside the CA office and demanding the revaluation of the CA sheets alleging that they were not evaluated properly.On Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also came forward in support of the CA students and said that their demands are justified and should be met on an immediate basis.The ICAI president said the institute is open to listening to the grievances of the students. "We are considering to form an independent, high-level committee to look into the grievances of the students as well as to suggest the road map for the future. I will discuss the issue with council members before announcing the formation of the committee," Mr. Chhajed said in the press conference.Mr. Chhajed reassured that the process of the evaluation of the answer sheets is foolproof. "It's a robust examination system in which utmost secrecy is maintained in preparing question papers and also during the evaluation of the answer sheets," he said.He further added “The examiners are experienced professors and experts who are selected after passing an online test. Further, the examiners are regularly checked through a system of sampling in which they are sent 10-15 answer sheets to reveal their approach towards evaluation”."Digital evaluation of answer sheets and centralized evaluation are also in place to ensure a foolproof system," he asserted.

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