As you may aware that last examination under old syllabus (2007) was held in June 2016. From December 2016 onward, students under old syllabus will be required to appear under new syllabus (2012). All students (who are yet to clear all modules after declaration of results on 25.08.2016) under old syllabus will be compulsorily switch-over to new syllabus.
However, corresponding paper wise exemptions will be available to those papers on which a student has already cleared under old syllabus.
List of paper wise exemptions available on switch-over is as follows
| Existing syllabus | Paper-wise Exemptions under New
syllabus
|
| Module I | |
| Company Secretarial Practice | Advanced Company Law and
Practice [Module I, Paper 1] |
| Drafting, Appearances and Pleadings | Drafting, Appearances and
Pleadings [Module III, Paper 8] |
| Module II | |
| Financial, Treasury and Forex
Management |
Financial, Treasury and Forex
Management [Module II, Paper 5] |
| Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency | Corporate Restructuring,
Valuation and Insolvency [Module I, Paper 3] |
| Module III | |
| Advanced Tax Laws and Practice | Advanced Tax Laws and Practice [ Module III, Paper 7] |
| Strategic Management, Alliances and International Trade | Optional Subject [Module III, Paper 9] |
| Module IV | |
| Due Diligence and Corporate Compliance
Management |
Secretarial Audit, Compliance
Management and Due Diligence [Module I, Paper 2] |
| Governance, Business Ethics and
Sustainability |
Ethics, Governance and
Sustainability [Module II, Paper 6] |
In a nutshell, students shall not be required to appear for papers corresponding to those which he/she already passed in previous exams.
Further, in the case of students who has not cleared Module III under old syllabus or hasn’t got exemption on Strategic Management, Alliances and International Trade will have to appear for Optional Subject under Module III of New Syllabus.
Read more on optional subjects and which one to choose
Passing Criteria
Students who shall be enrolling and appearing in ALL the remaining papers / modules under 2012 (New) Syllabus after switchover, shall be eligible to get the benefit of aggregate marks by adding the marks scored by them in papers under different modules. For instance, if a student is required to pass three papers under 2012(New) Syllabus under three different modules and if he scores 45, 46 and 59 Marks each in the said papers shall pass the examinations on the basis of scoring 50% aggregate marks across modules and minimum 40% marks in each paper, if appears in all such remaining papers on switchover, in one sitting.
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