CA Foundation Course

DESCRIPTION

This is an entry route to the CA Course for the candidates who have appeared for class XII examinations. Under this route, a Class X passed student may register himself with the Board of Studies (BoS) of the Institute for the Foundation Course.

Registration Procedure

• Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI) has a centralised Self Service Portal (SSP) to manage the process of registration and submit self-attested documents. Initial registration in foundation and subsequent administrative interactions throughout the life cycle of students covering Intermediate and Final courses are done through this portal and there is no need for personal visit or submission of physical documents.
• Student has to visit https://www.icai.org/post/students-services for the process of registration and click on the link - Entry level forms [Foundation and Intermediate (Direct Entry)]. Student will need a valid email address and mobile number to complete the OTP based registration process and submit softcopies of documents.
• After successful submission of forms, the documents will be verified, and registration will be confirmed by the Institute. Students will also be provided details to order study material through the Centralised Distribution System portal, i.e., icai-cds.org.

ADMISSION TO FOUNDATION EXAMINATION

1. Student shall be admitted to Foundation Examination, if:
   • He is registered on or before 4 months prior to the month of Foundation Examination to be held in the month of May/June, September or January and
   • He has appeared in Senior Secondary (10+2) examination
2. Candidate shall pay Examination fees, as may be fixed by the Council for Foundation Examination.

Passing Criteria

A candidate is declared to have passed the Foundation examination, if he obtains at one sitting a minimum of 40% marks in each paper and minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate of all the papers.

Papers at Foundation Level