ICAI CA Exam: Students Take To Twitter To Demand For Postponement Of November Exam

After NEET and JEE, now CA students are asking for the postponement of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) exams which are to be held in November.

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ICAI CA exams: Citing health and safety concerns, the students have expressed their unwillingness to appear for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) November exams and are requesting the postponement of exams. The students took to social media platforms, to express that they are concerned for their health and demand a postponement of the November session of the exams. These exams have been merged with the July-August exams. After much deliberation, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) decided to cancel the exams scheduled from conducted from July 29 to August 16 and merged it with the November 2020 examination. Students have taken to Twitter to raise the issue and some have even requested Subramaniam Swamy to help voice their demand to postpone the exams.

We wouldn't have joined a high dignity course if we afraid of exams but attempting a professional exam during a "Mahamari"(pandemic) we'll be not in a better mental state even if how much we care & follow SOPs we cannot predict where & how corona shall infect us @Swamy39 #ICAI

— A STUDENT (@SahishnuStudent) September 29, 2020

Even if u want to conduct offline exams then atleast segregate May 2020 students and Nov 2020 students..which will divide the students and thus reducing the chances of catching covid19.U should conduct May 2020 exams in this Nov and Nov 2020 exams in December.#icai @atulguptagst

— Krishna Dargad (@krishnadargad12) September 29, 2020

I request ICAI on behalf of CA students to calm https://t.co/ytDHH0v4cp could come up with online checking,but not online conduct of exams.We expect you to postpone exams till its safe.@atulguptagst @kdhiraj123 @neerajarora91 @theicai #icai #icaiexams #postponecaexams

— Shradha Sondhi (@ShradhaSondhi) September 25, 2020

On June 29, the apex court had observed that ICAI should be flexible in conducting exams amid the Covid-19 pandemic and take care of candidates' concerns. The apex court had asked the institute to extend its ‘opt-out’ facility to include all students irrespective of whether they have selected the option earlier or not for the upcoming exams. The ICAI at the time had said that over 500 examination centres had been identified and sanitized properly. It added that out of around 3,46,000 registered aspirants, only 53,000 have taken the 'opt-out' option.