The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) will soon close the registration process for the Company Secretary Executive Entrance Test (CSEET) November session. Interested and eligible candidates who wish to appear in the Company Secretary entrance exam can visit the official website of the ICSI for complete details. The deadline to complete the application process for CSEET will conclude on October 15, 2024. The exam is conducted for admission to the Company Secretaries course and is scheduled for November 9, 2024.
The institute will also share a link of CSEET virtual teaching classes to the candidates once they register for the entrance exam.
Exam format
The Company Secretaries Executive Entrance Test will evaluate students based on four subjects that include- Business Communication, Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning, Economic and Business Environment and Current Affairs and Quantitative Aptitude. The exam will be conducted in Remote Proctored Mode from anywhere across the country where students will be monitored online by invigilators.
In order to qualify the Company Secretary entrance exam, students will be required to score aggregate of 50 per cent and a minimum of 40 per cent marks in each paper. There is no negative marking in the exam.
The institute also clarified that candidates will not be allowed to use calculator, pen/pencil, paper/notebook in CSEET.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) recognises the CS qualification as equivalent to a postgraduate degree.
Eligibility criteria
Students who have qualified class 12 or will be appearing in the class 12 exam are eligible to register for the CSEET.
Candidates who are exempted from taking the CS entrance exam include students who have qualified the foundation level of Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Final passed candidates from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Graduates having minimum 50 per cent marks and Postgraduates. These students are not required to appear for the CSEET and can directly take admission in CS Executive Programme.
The exams are conducted in four sessions in a year in the months of January, May, July and November.
