The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has announced a 100 per cent fees refund scheme for meritorious and economically weaker students.
RELIEF IS APPLICABLE TO…
This relief is applicable for those students registering in ‘Company Secretaryship’ course for its Foundation and Executive programme in December.
The fee refund scheme will be open for all students registering in the course in December only and those who have attained 70 per cent marks in 10+2 examinations for Foundation Stage and if they attain 60 per cent in graduation for Executive Stage, the institute said in a statement.
For economically weaker students, marks requirement is 55 per cent in 10+2 examinations for foundation stage and 50 per cent in graduation for executive stage.
ICSI stated that, in its Golden Jubilee year, they want to encourage meritorious as well as economically weaker students who cannot afford higher education
STATEMENT FROM THE INSTITUTE
CS, Dr) Shyam Agrawal, President, ICSI said that through this upbeat move, the Institute is expecting to empower the meritorious students and economically weaker sections. He further added that the country has abundance of young talent and Institute is taking a lead in nurturing their talent through such noble initiatives. Most of the meritorious and economically weaker youth gets deprived of various opportunities to pursue higher education due to financial constraints but this initiative will help them to fulfill their quest of pursuing a professional course of high acclaim like CS.
He also urged the members of the Institute to propagate this initiative among the prospective students to reach out to the meritorious and economically deprived sections of the society.
