CA CS exams 2020- Students demand cancellation of July session

NEW DELHI: With the corona affected cases rising in the country with each passing day and the Unlock 1 in place students all over the country are in a difficult situation. All the exams that were postponed earlier are scheduled to be held in the coming months. Lately, there has been a huge roar among CA and CS students regarding the cancellation of exams due to the coronavirus scare in the country.

ICAI had already postponed its exam centre change facility and announced that the window will now be opened near the date of the exam so students can plan in a better way. However, the student community has been continuously demanding for the cancellation of CA and CS exams through various social media channels.

Yesterday, twitter saw #Cancel_CA_CS_Exams as the second most trending hashtag in the country with more than 25,000 tweets with the hashtag. Other trending hashtags were #HealthOverExams, #Students_Lives_Matter, #PostponeJEE, #CancelNEET Also, students have been calling out for cancellations of the exam through other social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, Interestingly, many teachers and mentors have also supported the students and are asking ICAI to rethink their decision.

@theicai @atulguptagst ,I have made an appeal to reconsider decision of July exams. No Reply. So far 2174 have signed the petition & 54500 viewed at Taxguru. Should i seek direction from MCA u/s 30 & MHA to hold exams? #postpone_CA_exam_till_nov #Cancel_CA_CS_exams #IncompetentMCA pic.twitter.com/glK2OmqSs7

— CA Amresh Vashisht (@caamresh) June 10, 2020

✓Dear icai,our notification for july/August exam clearly states that "Transportation will be at own risk" ...but there r places where bus services have not resumed. ✓we r students not every one owns a bike or car. ✓plight of our students doesn't seems good #Cancel_CA_CS_exams

— Avinash reddy (@AviBelieve) June 10, 2020

It’s not going to stop until The ICAI declare the cancellation of May/Jun/Jul/Aug exam.

Today again in top national twitter trend ?
#Cancel_CA_CS_exams

— CA Dinesh Wadera (@dineshwadera) June 10, 2020

Today the Matter was listed on Sr No. 10 before the Bench of Hon'ble Cheif Justice and Justice S S Shinde. But to other urgent matters in Serial ahead, our matter didn't reach the Board and has now been posted for Friday 12th June. #ICSE

— Adv. Arvind Tiwari (@arvindrtiwari) June 9, 2020

Please respond dear professional institutes and postpone/cancel July exams. @icsi_cs @theicai @ICAICMA @PMOIndia @narendramodi @HRDMinistry @PiyushGoyalOffc @AnilSinghvi_ @ZeeNews @rashtrapatibhvn @republic @OpIndia_com #postpone_CA_exam_till_nov pic.twitter.com/3yI0lng2pp

— Devarsh! (@DevarshJagad_CR) June 7, 2020

#Cancel_CA_CS_exams
Dear ICAI,
Students are stakeholders of the Institute and the stakeholders are requesting you to consider their health before exams. @atulguptagst @theicai @RajeshSharmaBJP @HRDMinistry @raghav_chadha

— Anushka Sharma (@nush_kah) June 11, 2020

Me going to my exam centre in another state (nearest to me) in air.
As no transportation available. #Cancel_CA_CS_exams pic.twitter.com/e7eUgJUwCr

— Muzammil Hussain (@skmh2024) June 10, 2020

ICSI issues official advisory to students

ICAI has not officially responded to the students’ plea on the issue and there has not been any notification in this regard from the authorities. On the other hand, ICSI has issued an advisory to students to refrain from posting on social media demanding cancellation of exams citing that it is demotivating for the sincere students. The advisory also says that "Posting and circulating these kind of messages and videos amounts to professional misconduct and the members and students doing so are subject to disciplinary action."

CS July 2020 exams are scheduled to be held from July 6, 2020 and CA July 2020 session is scheduled to start from July 29.