Guidelines Management and Communication Skills Course (MCS)-Four Weeks Advanced Integrated Course on Information Technology and Soft Skills (AICITSS)

Guidelines Management and Communication Skills Course (MCS)-Four Weeks Advanced Integrated Course on Information Technology and Soft Skills (AICITSS)

Guidelines for AICITSS (MCS Course)

1. Objectives:

The Management & Communication Skills Course aims to equip the students to the

profession with some essential skills, such as-

 To sharpen communication and presentation skills

 To develop inter-personal and leadership skills

 To provide an understanding of contemporary business environment and

opportunities

 To prepare the student for a career either in employment or in practice, by

educating them to be adaptable and accountable

2. Eligibility:

The students registered under the existing scheme and appearing in the final

examination in the existing scheme shall undergo the course before applying for

membership of the Institute.

The student registered under the Revised scheme or converted under the Revised

scheme shall be undergoing the course during the last two years of Practical training

but compulsory before appearing for the final examination.

Or

Students can undergo 4-weeks Residential Course /One Month Non-residential

Programme on Professional Skills Development in lieu of MCS Course by paying the

required fee.

3. Duration:

The duration of the course is 15 days full time. Classes are held for 6 hours each day

for 6 days a week (15 days X 6 hours per day = 90 hours).

The suggested allocation of time among the broad areas of the course contents is as

follows:

 Business Communication 12 Hours

 Presentation 18 Hours

 Interpersonal & Negotiation Skills 18 Hours

 Leadership, Team Building and Career Development 12 Hours

 Office etiquettes 06 Hours

 Interview Preparation 12 Hours

 Strategic Thinking 06 Hours

 Professional Ethics 06 Hours 

4. Teaching Methodology:

Multiple methods including lectures, case studies, presentations, group discussions,

management games, projects, mock interviews etc. should be used.

5. Fee:

The fees shall not exceed Rs.7000/- per student on non-residential basis inclusive of

course, study material, tea/refreshment. This fee structure is not applicable for those

who undergo the Course at Dubai Overseas Office. The fee is to be paid through

online payment gateway only. Payment through Demand Draft is not allowed.

Batch Transfer Fee for student for non informing about their absence from MCS

classes

Students who would not inform about their absence after confirmation of allotment of

a batch, atleast 3 days before the commencement of MCS course, the Batch Transfer

Fee of Rs 500/- may be imposed w.e.f. 01.04.2015 for the student of MCS Rs.500/.

(No waiver in any case will be allowed)

The organizing center shall collect this Batch Transfer Fee from the student in the

form of a Demand Draft of Rs.500/- in favour of Secretary, ICAI payable at New

Delhi, and send it to Board of Studies

Branches which wish to organize residential MCS Course will follow the same

“Session Plan” similar to regular MCS Course. The fee for such programme will be

Rs.20,000/- per participant.

6. Exemption of fee for Disabled Students:

Students, suffering from 50% or above disability of permanent nature are exempted

from payment of fee and compulsorily attending MCS Course. Such students can

either opt to (i) attend all the classes or (ii) appear in two test papers of 3 hours each

after a period of 15 days from the date of registration after thoroughly studying the

Background Material. In case, the student opts to take the tests, the organizing

Branch/Regional Council may contact the Director, Board of Studies to obtain test

papers.

 The following shall be regarded as disability-

1. Physical disability.-

A. Locomotor disability (a person's inability to execute distinctive activities associated

with movement of self and objects resulting from affliction of musculoskeletal

or nervous system or both), including- 

(a) "leprosy cured person" means a person who has been cured of leprosy but is suffering

from-

(i) loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and paresis in

the eye and eye-lid but with no manifest deformity;

(ii) manifest deformity and paresis but having sufficient mobility in their hands

and feet to enable them to engage in normal economic activity;

(iii) extreme physical deformity as well as advanced age which prevents

him/her from undertaking any gainful occupation, and the expression "leprosy

cured" shall construed accordingly;

 (b) "cerebral palsy" means a Group of non-progressive neurological condition

affecting body movements and muscle coordination, caused by damage to one

or more specific areas of the brain, usually occurring before, during or shortly

after birth;

(c) "dwarfism" means a medical or genetic condition resulting in an adult height

of 4 feet 10 inches (147 centimeters) or less;

(d) "muscular dystrophy" means a group of hereditary genetic muscle disease

that weakens the muscles that move the human body and persons with multiple

dystrophy have incorrect and missing information in their genes, which

prevents them from making the proteins they need for healthy muscles. It is

characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle

proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue;

(e) "acid attack victims" means a person disfigured due to violent assaults by

throwing of acid or similar corrosive substance.

B. Visual impairment-

(a) "blindness" means a condition where a person has any of the following

conditions, after best correction-

(i)total absence of sight; or

(ii) visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye

with best possible correction; or

(iii) limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than10 degree.

(b) "low-vision" means a condition where a person has any of the following

conditions, namely:-

(i) visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 upto 3/60 orupto 10/200

(Snellen) in the better eye with best possible corrections; or

 (ii) limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than40 degree

up to 10 degree. 

C. Hearing impairment-

(a) "deaf" means persons having 70 DB hearing loss in speech frequenciesin

both ears;

(b) "hard of hearing" means person having 60 DB to 70 DB hearing loss in

speech frequencies in both ears;

D. "speech and language disability" means a permanent disability arising out of

conditions such as laryngec to my or aphasia affecting one or more components

of speech and language due to organic or neurological causes.

2. Intellectual disability, a condition characterised by significant limitation both in

intellectual functioning (reasoning, learning, problem solving) and in adaptive

behavior which covers a range of every day, social and practical skills, including-

(a) "specific learning disabilities" means a heterogeneous group of conditions

wherein there is a deficit in processing language, spoken or written, that may

manifest itself as a difficulty to comprehend, speak, read, write, spell, or to do

mathematical calculations and includes such conditions as perceptual

disabilities, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia and developmental

aphasia;

(b) "autism spectrum disorder" means a neuro-developmental condition

typically appearing in the first three years of life that significantly affects a

person's ability to communicate, understand relationships and relate to others,

and is frequently associated with unusual or stereotypical rituals or behaviours.

3. Mental behaviour,-

"mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thinking, mood, perception,

orientation or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behaviour, capacity to recognize

reality or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life, but does not include retardation

which is a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person,

specially characterised by sub normality of intelligence.

4. Disability caused due to-

(a) chronic neurological conditions, such as-

(i) "multiple sclerosis" means an inflammatory, nervous system disease in

which the myelin sheaths around the axons of nerve cells of the brain and spinal

cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and affecting the ability of nerve

cells in the brain and spinal cord to communicate with each other;

(ii) "parkinson's disease" means a progressive disease of the nervous system

marked by tremor, muscular rigidity, and slow, imprecise movement, chief ly

affecting middle-aged and elderly people associated with degeneration of the

basal ganglia of the brain and a deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine. 

(b) Blood disorder-

(i) "haemophilia" means an inheritable disease, usually affecting only male but

transmitted by women to their male children, characterised by loss

orimpairment of the normal clotting ability of blood so that a minor would may

result in fatal bleeding;

(ii) "thalassemia" means a group of inherited disorders characterised by reduced

or absent amounts of haemoglobin.

(iii) "sickle cell disease" means a haemolytic disorder characterised by chronic

anaemia, painful events, and various complications due to associated tissue and

organ damage; "haemolytic" refers to the destruction of the cellmembrane of

red blood cells resulting in the release of haemoglobin.

5. Multiple Disabilities (more than one of the above specified disabilities) including

deaf blindness which means a condition in which a person may have combination of

hearing and visual impairments causing severe communication, developmental, and

educational problems.

6. Any other category as may be notified by the Central Government.

A disabled student has to submit a certificate of suffering from disability, certified by a

physician / surgeon / oculist working in a Government hospital, as the case may be.

7. Online Portal

Online Portal for OC/ MCS is operational. The organizing centers shall launch the

batches of MCS course through online portal www.icaionlineregistation.org only. No

batches are to be conducted in the offline mode and no certificates are to be

issued through offline mode.

The student registration, student attendance, faculty allocation, faculty feedback,

certificate generation (which has the scanned signatures of Chairman, BOS) are to done

through online mode only. The user manual related to the portal is uploaded

in the website http://www.icaionlineregistration.org.

8. Dress Code:

Students, while undergoing MCS Course, shall adhere to the formal Dress Code as per

the local culture and tradition.

Advisory Dress Code:- Male Students: Full Sleeves Shirts and Trousers;

Female Students: Sarees/ Salvar Kurta/ Suit. While appearing before the appellate

authority, they may also wear a suit and a tie.

9. General:

 Students are required to complete the Course without discontinuity. However,

in exceptional circumstances, cases of absence of students for maximum two 

days or four sessions may be allowed by the Chairman/Secretary of the

Organizing Centre. Certificate shall not be issued to the student unless the

student completes the course.

 Students are required to maintain discipline and decorum apart from adhering to

the dress code specified above. For misbehavior/ nuisance in the class, the

faculty will have the power to make a note and on the basis of which issue of

Programme Completion Certificate may be withheld.

 No cameras/ photographs be allowed in the sessions and uploaded on social

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