CA Students protest against ICAI's evaluation methods, demand reforms

Students of ICAI and candidates who had appeared for ICAI exams have started a protest against the ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India) alleging error in evaluation of papers. Students all over India has started a protest today, September 23 demanding rechecking of papers.

#dearICAIpleasechange is trending on Twitter as students in a large number are protesting against the alleged discrepancy and errors in evaluation of the paper.

On September 21, ICAI published an announcement on its website that reads,”It has been brought to our notice that certain adverse reports relating to the system of evaluation of answer books of CA exams are doing the rounds in social media. In this connection, following reforms which have been put in place recently are brought to the attention of the stakeholders in respect of the ICAI examination system.”

The reforms include Digital evaluation, Central evaluation, Machine based evaluation, Stepwise marking and Mandatory on-line test for empanelment of examiners.

Till 2018, there was a clause in the CA Act which did not allow a student to show his/her certified copy to anyone, which was revoked last year after protests.

According to a tweet by a candidate

CA Students Demand following :

1. Re-Correction

2. Give Ques Booklet of MCQs and Disclose correct Answers while providing certified copies

3. Penalize Paper Checkers for wrong checking

4.Dark The MCQs With Pen In exams

5.Centralised Evaluation 

#casansaar (Source - Media Coverage)