Guidelines Orientation Course-Four Weeks Integrated Course on Information Technology and Soft Skills (ICITSS)

Guidelines Orientation Course-Four Weeks Integrated Course on Information Technology and Soft Skills (ICITSS)

ICITSS-Orientation Course

1. Objectives:
The Orientation Course aims to equip the entrants of the profession -

 To familiarize with various dimensions of the Indian Accountancy
Profession.

 To develop effective communication and presentation skills.

 To groom and motivate the entrants to be knowledgeable and skilled
professionals.

 To expand the significance of practical training in the life of a professional.

 To foster values such as integrity, transparency and Independence in the
budding professionals.

2. Eligibility:
The students are required to undergo Orientation Course before registering for
practical training.

3. Duration:
The duration of the course shall be 90 hours (15 days X 6 hours per day). Classes
are held for 6 hours each day for 6 days a week.
The suggested allocation of time among the broad areas of the course contents is
as follows:

 About the Institute, Academic & 06 Hours
Technical Guidance, General Management

 Developing Personal Traits 12 Hours

 Business Communication 12 Hours

 Presentation 24 Hours

 Interpersonal & Negotiation Skills 12 Hours

 Office Procedure 06 Hours

 Business Environment 06 Hours

 Strategic Decision Making 06 Hours

 Practical (Project) 06 Hours

The Board of Studies has finalized a “Session Plan” to facilitate systematic course
delivery. The programme is to be organized as per the Session Plan. 
4. Teaching Methodology:
Multiple methods including lectures, case studies, presentations, group
discussions, management games, projects etc. should be used.

5. Enrolment of Students:
All Organizing Centres must adapt a transparent procedure to enroll the students.
The enrolment of students shall be done on “First Come First Serve” basis through
online portal www.icaionlineregistration.org.

6. Fee:
The fee shall be Rs.7000/- (Seven thousand only) per student on non-residential
basis, inclusive of course material and tea/refreshment. This fee structure is not
applicable for the students who wish to undergo Orientation Course at Dubai
Overseas office.
Branches which wish to organize residential Orientation Course will follow the
same “Session Plan” similar to regular Orientation Course. The fee for such
programme shall be Rs.20,000/- per student.

The fee for the Programme is non-refundable and may be transferred from one
Programme Organizing Unit (POU) to another, if the student wishes to attend a
batch in another POU in case of some exigency.
Penalty clause for student for non informing about their absence from OC
classes
Students who would not inform about their absence after confirmation of allotment
of a batch, at least 3 days before the commencement of the OC batch, a penalty of
Rs.500/- be imposed to such students w.e.f. 01.04.2015. (No waiver in any case
shall be allowed.)

The organizing center shall collect this penalty 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.

7. Exemption from payment of fees to Disabled Students:
Disabled Students, suffering from 50% or above permanent disability are
exempted from payment of fee and compulsorily attending Orientation 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 OC Study Manual. In case the student opts to take the
tests, the Programme Organizing Unit (POU) may contact the Director, Board of
Studies to obtain the 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. 
8. Dress Code:
Students, while undergoing Orientation 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. 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.

10. 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

networking sites.