100 hours Information Technology Training

100 hours Information Technology Training Scheme for 100 Hours ITT Registration for the Training This course should be undergone by a student who has taken admission to Intermediate Professional Competence Course (IIPCC). A student is issued registration letter for 100 Hours ITT automatically after registering for IIPCC. Before registering for articled training, a student has to complete ITT with an accredited Branch. Students, who have registered for the erstwhile Intermediate Course and completed their articled training and then converted to IIPCC, shall produce ITT completion certificate at the time of registration for Final Course. Students, who have registered for erstwhile Intermediate Course and then appeared in Professional Education (Examination – II) and then converted to IIPCC, shall produce ITT completion certificate at the time of registration for articled training. Compulsory Computer Training (CCT) completed earlier is valid in IIPCC also. Students who have initially registered for the Professional Education (Course – II) and then switched over / switching over to IIPCC, shall be required to produce ITT completion certificate at the time of joining for articled training or if the articled training continuing/completed, they shall have to produce ITT completion certificate at the time of registration for Final Course. CCT completed earlier is valid in IIPCC also.Students who have initially registered for the Professional Education (Course – II) and then switched over to Professional Competence Course (PCC) and then to IIPCC, shall be required to produce ITT completion certificate at the time of rejoining for balance period of articled training or if the articled training continuing, they shall have to be required to produce ITT completion certificate at the time of registration for Final Course. CCT completed earlier is valid in IIPCC also. Existing students, who have registered initially for PCC and then switched over to IIPCC, shall produce ITT completion certificate at the time of rejoining for balance period of articled training or if the articled training continuing, they shall have to , produce ITT completion certificate at the time of registration for Final Course. A student can join any of the accredited Regional Office/Branch IT Centre for undergoing this training by submitting ITT registration form. 2. Fees payable to the accredited Branch ITT Centre for undergoing the ITT TrainingThe fee payable to the Branch for ITT is Rs. 4,000 or as specified by ICAI from time to time. The course fee is inclusive of all costs such as the cost of registration for the course, library fee, computer and Internet usage charges and cost of conducting training, module tests, project and final online examination. It also includes the cost for evaluation, marking, preparing results for issuance of completion certificate and submitting the list of eligible candidates to the IT Directorate, ICAI, Noida. Disabled students are exempted from undergoing 100 Hours ITT with accredited Branches. They have to self-study the course materials for at least three months and qualify two specially designed test papers supplied on request by the concerned Regional Office. 3. Issuance of Identity card On registration for the 100 Hours ITT, the Branch shall issue an identity card to the student indicating the name of the student, date of registration, the batch no., batch start date and the validity period. Any student who fails to complete his training within the validity period of four months, would be required to re-register for the training by paying a fee of Rs. 250 to the concerned Branch IT Centre. 4. Training Duration The fresh batches shall start preferably in the first week of each month. Students are required to undergo 100 Hours ITT with the accredited branch. The Branches can follow a teaching module of 3 -5 hours per day, covering 100 hours in maximum 40 days including Sundays. The IT Directorate can change this training plan. A student should not appear for the final online examination before he/she completes the minimum training period prescribed in the training programme. 5. Course Structure and Training Methodology The syllabus designed by the IT Directorate for 100 hours of Information Technology Training shall be imparted as per the specified training hours stated in Para 7. The faculty members are required to adhere to this schedule. The course should be supported by intensive practical exercises so that the concepts are clearly understood by the students. There may be additional seminars/lecture s up to m aximum of 5 hours to keep the stude nts inform e d about the latest developm ent s in the area of Inform atio n Technolo gy which are of relevance for accou nting professio n. W hile organiz ing these sem inars, it should be consid ered that stud ents are undergoin g practical trainin g; hence they are available only on holiday s for attendin g these additiona l seminars/lectures . Stude nts m ay be motivated to organize these lectures. The IT Directorate in collab oration with the Regional Councils / Branches may also orga nize these lectures. 6. Study MaterialThe IT Directorate and Board of Studies has brought out study material in the form of printed study modules I & II and 1 CD which is used by all accredited ITT centers of ICAI during the training. The course material is made available to the students at the time of registration with the decentralise office. The printed modules include details discussion on all the topics included in the syllabus. However, the 1 CD cover PowerPoint Presentation and Lab practice Manual Edition-1 for reference purpose. Students are advised to study the appropriate course modules in details before the relevant classes are conducted by the accredited branch. In addition the Institute announces time to time any changes in such guidelines through Student’s Journal “The Chartered Accountant Student”. Such changes are also hosted on the Institute’s website www.icai.org. The Chairmen of the accredited Regional offices/branches of the ICAI are also communicated about any change in the guidelines. While undergoing 100 hours ITT, a student should remain in regular touch with the centre head of the accredited regional offices/branch of the ICAI. Batch size and Attend ance  The batch size must be restricted to 45 students in any given condition.  After the commencement of the batch, new enrolment or shifting of the batch by the student must not be allowed.  In case of break in training on medical grounds, the student should seek prior written permission from the Chairman /Centre- In-charge of the branch.  Minimum 90 % attendance (i.e. 90 hrs of ITT) of each student in a batch must be ensured. In case, a student fails to attend 90% of the classes due to unavoidable reasons, he/she may be asked to complete balance hours of IT Training in the next available batch. Note : The attendance would be recorded through Biometric system. D ress Code The branches should ensure that students come in proper formal dress and uphold the grace of the Profession. They should not be permitted to enter the classroom in Jeans and short T-shirts. The necessary instructions may be put up on the notice board and also communicated to the students at time of the registration for these courses. These Instructions are to be adhered strictly. Refreshment Refreshment provide d by the branch to its faculty/ staff mem bers only may includ e tea/coffe e throug h vendor/ vending machin e Module tests Each student is required to pass two module tests . These tests are to be conducte d by Branch es in consultation with the IT Directorate of the ICAI. The first m odule test may be conducte d after completing trainin g of topic s 1-5 and second module test may be cond ucted after completing topics 6-11 stated in Para 7 above. The evalu ation and m od eratio n of tes t papers is to be carried out by the Bran ch IT Centre. These tests carry 20% weightage. Each module tes t shall be of 50 m arks . The m odule test may com pris e of objectiv e type questions as well as short questions . The duratio n of the m od ule test will be one hour. Evaluation of the m odule test is to be done by the centre faculty. A stude nt is require d to pass both m odules tests by securin g at least 50% m ark s in individu al test. In case a student fails to do so, one re-appe arance for each test may be allowe d free of cost. For any additional reappe arance, the stude nt is require d to pay a nominal fee of Rs. 150/- per test. Project Each stude nt is require d to submit a m ulti-disciplinary project of 100 marks . These tests carry 20% weig htage. The students should endeav or to use most of the software/tech nique s learnt durin g their trainin g while developin g this project based on some real-life application. The m ajor guideline s for prep aration of a project are as follows: All the projects should be applic ation/case study based only. The projec t reports should be of maximum 20-25 pages and need to be submitted in hard as well as soft copy format. A presentation of the project m us t be cond ucted alon g with viva -voce. The weig ht-age may be give n as 70% to the project report and 30% to the prese ntation/viva. Eligibility to appear for Online Examination A stude nt become s eligible to appe ar for onlin e examination only if he/she fulfills the followin g conditio ns:  90% attendance . If a student has put in 60% attenda nce in one sessio n (batch) but could not m ake 90% attenda nce, he would be permitte d to attend the misse d classe s in the next batch upon reques t and availability. However, if the attendanc e in one sessio n is below 60% then the stude nt shall have to underg o the ITT Course with a fresh (new) registration by paying the fee of Rs. 4,000/- again.  Passed both the module tests by securing atleast 50% marks in each module.  Submitted the project as per guidelines. Final Online Examination The final onlin e examin ation would comprise of 200 objective type question s of 1.5 marks each totalin g 300 m arks . The weight-age of final online examin ation is 60%. The duration of the same is 3 hours. The final online examin ation is to be cond ucted by the acc redite d branches on any Sund ay of the month in coordination with IT Directorate. In case, at a particular centre the number of stude nts who have to appe ar for the onlin e examin ation is more than the num be r of comp uters available, then the examin ation can be cond ucted in two sessio ns. If due to certain unavoidable circum stances, an accredite d branch requires to conduct the final onlin e exam ination on a day other than Sund ay, a requ est may be sent to the IT Directorate, ICAI, NOIDA. Such examin ations may be cond ucted only after obtaining the formal permissio n. The IT Directorate, ICAI, NOIDA shall notify any such unscheduled examin ation to all concerne d regiona l offices. If wron g questions are set and identified during cond uction of the onlin e examination or M odu le test, full credit (marks) may be give n to the stude nts for the wrong question/s. The IT Directorate, ICAI, NOIDA shall provide CD containing question bank from time to time, which shall be used for onlin e examin ation. The accredite d branch m ay load this questio n bank on their searc h engin e and generate questions randomly for each of the candidate s appe aring for the examination. The total num ber of questio ns generated for each topic must be in accordanc e to the total num ber s of hours of trainin g allocated to that topic. The question bank m ay be updated from time to time. They must also ensure that their centre has the facility to take care of power failure. A student must not be allowe d to exceed the allotted time. As soon as the allotted time is over, the software should stop the student from entering further data. Once the student commences the examination, he/she has to complete the paper without any break. The evaluation is to be done on-line. Criteria for qualifying the training A student is require d to obtain 60% in aggreg ate takin g into account m odule tests , project and final examination. In case a stude nt fails to secure 60% or more in aggregate, he /she m ay be allowe d to reappe ar for online exam for maxim um tw o more attempts. No fee shall be charged by the accredited branch es for such reappe arance. However, if a student fails to secure 60% m arks even after three attempts, he/sh e may have to pay a nomina l fee not exceedin g Rs. 300/- to the accredite d branch for every additiona l attempt. Unfair Means If any stude nt is foun d using unfair m ean s durin g module test or onlin e examinatio n or causes indisciplin e in the class, disciplin ary action as per ICAI guidelines will be take n against such stude nt Differently abled students The Institute has exempted differently able d students from undergoin g 100 hours ITT with the accre dited regional offices/branch es of the ICAI. An alternative scheme has been designe d as described below. Differently abled students are required to inform the Board of Studies and IT Directorate about their option for exemption form undergoing 100 hours ITT, along with the necessary documents, at the appropriate decentralized office. Such students are not required to pay any registration fee for the purpose of 100 hours ITT. The appropriate decentralized office shall provide them a set of course material on registration. Since the minimum duration of the course is twenty days, a differently abled student is required to self-study such course material for a minimum period of 20 days. Therefore, he can send a request to the decentralized office for specially designed two test papers and also inform about his schedule for submission of these test papers. The answer sheets test papers are to be submitted at the appropriate decentralized Office. The student shall be issued certificate for ÇA students Information Technology Training Course on qualifying test papers. Compilation and Submission of Result The branch IT Centre shall consolidate the examination results givin g appropriate weig htage to Module tests (Para -11), Project Report (Para - 12) and Final on-line examination (Para - 14 ) as per Table give n below: W eig htage out of 100% Module tests 20% Project 20% Final online examin ation 60% The results are to be dispatch ed directly to the Head s of the Decentralise d Offices of the ICAI within one week of conductin g the examination in hard and soft form and a copy of the same may be sent to the IT Directorate, ICAI, NOIDA at itt.course.admin@icai.in for information. Please note that  Results of all students having registration num ber with prefix WRO may be sent at following address: Joint Secretary , WIRC of the ICAI, ‘Anveshak ’ 27, Cuffe Parade, Colab a, M umbai – 400 005, E-mail: kapo or@ icai.in.  Results of all students havin g registration num be r with prefix SRO may be sent at following address: Joint Director, SIRC of the ICAI, 122, M ah atma Gandhi Marg, Nungam bakkam , Chenn ai – 60003 4, E-mail: sroitt@ icai.in  Results of all students having registration number with prefix ERO may be sent at following address: Deputy Secretary, EIRC of the ICAI, 7, Anandila l Poddar Sarani, Kolkatta – 700 071.E-m ail: malini.sinha@ icai.i n.  Results of all students havin g registration num ber with prefix CRO may be sent at following address: Deputy Secretary, CIRC of the ICAI, 16/77-B, Civil Lines , Kanpu r – 20800 1. E-mail: croacc@ icai.in  Results of all students havin g registration num be r with prefix NRO may be sent at followin g address : Deputy Secretary, ICAI, Plot No. 52-53-54, Vishwa s Nagar, Delhi –110 032, E-mail:Jyoti.arora@icai.in/vidhi.gupta@icai.in The hard copy shall be duly signe d by the Centre-Head. W hile sendin g the details , the accre dited branch es have to ensure accurac y of the data registration number, name of the stude nt and date of final online examination. The Branches should m aintain relevant records regarding Attendance , On-line tests, Module tests , Projects, Q uestion papers, Answer papers, M ark s secured, etc. properly. Such reports should be kept for a minim um period of two years in hard copy. Soft copy may be retaine d for atleast 5 years. Certification The training com pletion certificate as well as passing certificate will be issued by the concerned Accredited Branch of ICAI. The nom e nclature of the cours e is "C.A. 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