What are Eligibility Tests?
They can be understood as an equivalent of the pre-public examination that colleges conduct.
Getting through the end exam (i.e. equivalent of pre-public) is compulsory for the institutes examination.
Oral Coaching
The coaching process involves conduct of examinations (eligibility tests) at the end of the coaching period.A student will be made eligible to appear at the main examinations only if he qualifies in the end examinations conducted by the oral coaching center that he/she joins.
Postal Coaching
The student is supplied with a set of a set of question papers along with the study material in each subject. The total study material is divided into parts and the question papers would be such that a student would be able to answer the first set after studying a part of the material from the beginning.The answers to the question papers provided with the study material are to be periodically submitted within the time limits prescribed. The submitted answer papers would be evaluated and returned to the students. A student has to qualify in the required number of papers within prescribed time limits, to be eligible for appearing at the main examination.
This amounts to doing a correspondence course, attending the pre-public examination at home and sending the answer papers for evaluation to the institute.
What is Coaching Completion Certificate (CC)
Only a student with a valid Coaching Completion Certificate (CC) will be allowed to attend the main examinations.
Form of Certificate (CC)
The CC issued by the regional councils of ICWAI is post card sized and contains the intimation regarding the grant of the eligibility by the regional council. The certificate issued has a number [CC - Number] which has to be mentioned at the time of making application for the examination. A copy of the CC may also be attached to the examination application.Note
To be able to include the information relating to the CC in the examination application or to append a photo copy of it along with examination application you have to receive within such time that enables you to submit the examination application before the last date. For this reason, it would be in the interest of the students taking up postal coaching to submit the answer papers required to be submitted well in advance.Oral Coaching - Number of Exams/Tests/Papers to be written
The institute prescribes the number of tests per subject and the time frame of conduction of the exam which are to be followed as guidelines in conducting the end exams by the coaching centers.
For the Foundation exam, it is one test in each subject. A subject is a paper at the main examination. A student has to get through with 40% in each paper.
Exact details in this regard can be had only from the Oral Coaching Center the student is intending to get admitted to.
Postal Coaching - Number of Papers to be submitted
Along with the study material/notes a set of question papers would also be sent which have to answered and submitted to the institution for evaluation within the stipulated time. A student will have to submit answers to the specified number of papers and obtain qualifying marks to be eligible to get the certificate indicating the successful completion coaching.
Number of Papers Supplied
- There will be 2 test papers for each paper.
- A total of 8 papers (4 x 2) will be supplied
Number of Papers to be submitted
- All the two test papers in each paper/subject are to be submitted.
- A total of 8 papers (4 x 2) for getting eligibility for foundation exam.
Where to Send
The wrappers supplied along with the study material and question papers for postal coaching students have the address printed on them (which generally is the relevant regional council). The papers are to be sent only to that address and no where else.You can download test papers here
Oral Coaching : Eligibility Tests - Evaluation, Qualifying Marks, Re-exam
Passing - Qualifying Marks
The candidate should obtain atleast 40% in each paper.A student who has obtained the minimum qualifying marks only will be eligible for issue of a certificate of successful completion of the course i.e. the Coaching completion Certificate (CC).
Re-Examination
If a student does not qualify in a term by passing the requisite examinations conducted by the oral coaching center, then he/she has to re appear in the examination conducted by the center during the subsequent terms and qualify in them to be able to get the certificate of successful completion of coaching (CC).The schedule for re - examinations would be decided by the center and such information can be obtained from the oral coaching center the student has attended.
Postal Coaching - Eligibility Tests, Evaluation, Qualifying Marks, Resubmission
• Qualifying Marks
Qualifying Marks → 40% in each paper.Re-Submission
If the minimum qualifying marks are not obtained in a paper, it has to be answered again and sent for evaluation. This has to be done till that time the student obtains the minimum qualifying marks in that many papers which would make him/her eligible to be awarded the EC|CC.Postal Coaching - Last Dates for Submission of Eligibility Test Papers
The answers for test papers should be submitted in such time so as to enable the timely issue of certificate of successful completion of coaching. To enable this cut off dates have been specified by the institutions for submission of test papers.
A student with a valid Coaching Completion certificate only will be allowed to attend an examination. Therefore, to obtain a certificate of successful completion of coaching which would enable you to attend a particular examination you have to submit the answer papers within the cut-off dates specified.
To Obtain CC for
- The December Examination —
Submit answers to all the required test papers before 31st August
- The June Examination —
Submit answers to all the required test papers before 28th/29th February
Postal Coaching - Is it Enough if I submit before the last dates?
Submitting the papers before the last dates would make you eligible for consideration of issue of CC for the relevant examination, provided you have qualified in the submitted papers.
If on evaluation it is found that you have not qualified in any of the papers then you would be needed to resubmit the papers. In such a case if you resubmit the papers it would amount to submitting beyond the cut off dates, therefore making you eligible for the subsequent examination only.
Submission and re-submission should also be within the cut off dates. Therefore it would be in a students own interest that he/she submit the papers at the earliest possible time not waiting till the cut off dates.
Last dates for Obtaining CC. Not received in time!!
The issue of CC is done throughout the year. There is no such date called the last date for obtaining CC. However, since the CC is to be obtained to be eligible to appear for the main/final examination, care should be taken to ensure its timely receipt (i.e. within such time so as to enable you to file the application for examination in time).
Not in Receipt of CC within time
A student should have submitted all the requisite papers within the last/cut off dates. In such a case if the student is not in receipt of the CC before the last date for submission of examination application, he/she may (It is in the students own interest that he/she pursues his/her case with the respective regional council (postal coaching students) or the center where he/she has undergone the oral coaching (oral coaching students) and obtains the CC and sends a photocopy of the same along with a letter explaining his case to the head office where the examination applications are dealt with.
This would amount to the student making a provisional application on the anticipation that his/her CC would be ultimately received. If the student fails to submit his/her CC within sufficient time subsequently, he/she may not be issued the hall ticket for the examination.
Submit Papers as Early as Possible
Failure to obtain the CC may be on account of the reason that the student has not qualified (i.e. got the minimum required marks) in one or more papers that had already been submitted.To avoid being in such situations, a student is advised to submit the eligibility test papers as early as possible.
Who Issues the CC Whom to contact in case of a problem
The details of the student for all purposes are maintained and monitored by the respective regional councils of the Institute.
Postal Coaching
In case of students undergoing Postal Coaching, the CC is issued by the regional council itself. Therefore when there is a problem with regard to CC, you should contact the respective regional councils of the institute.Oral Coaching
In case of students undergoing Oral Coaching the CC is issued under the purview of coaching center run by the Institution/Branch/Regional Office/Chapter which conducted the oral coaching.Therefore when there is a problem with regard to CC, a student should contact the coaching center where he/she has taken up oral coaching.