COVID-19 Guidelines for ICAI CA Exams

COVID-19 guidelines for ICAI CA candidates include social distancing, wearing face mask and adhering to the reporting time mentioned on the admit cards. Read More.

The ICAI CA exams are being conducted with COVID-19 guidelines since 2020. The ICAI has issued guidelines for students to follow at the exam centre. The ICAI CA 2022 exams are being conducted at multiple exam centres in over 190 cities across India. The CA Foundation, Intermediate and Final exams are also held in eight overseas cities - Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Kampala (Uganda), Kathmandu, Kuwait and Muscat.

The COVID-19 guidelines for CA candidates include social distancing, wearing face mask and adhering to the reporting time mentioned on their ICA CA exam admit cards. Read all the 16 important COVID-19 guidelines below.

COVID-19 Guidelines for CA Candidates

• Candidate must reach their CA exam centre on the reporting time mentioned on their admit card to avoid any crowding at the centre at the time of entry and to maintain social distancing.
• All candidates must ensure that they are not suffering from COVID-19 disease or do not have any symptom of it. If they feel unwell, they should not come to the exam centre.
• Candidates need to maintain social distancing from each other at all the time during the course of examination.
• The candidates must not report to the exam hall before 1:00 PM. They must carry a transparent bottle of drinking water and 50/100 ml bottle of hand sanitizer and their ICAI CA 2021 admit cards.
• Candidates are not allowed to carry any electronic item such as mobile phones and smart watch inside the exam hall. Books, notes and bags are also prohibited inside the exam hall.
• At the entrance gate of the CA exam centre, thermal temperature scanning and sanitization of hands will be done. Candidates and other functionaries having body temperature of more than normal will not be allowed to enter the examination centre. However, their record will be maintained.
• Candidates will be required to continue to wear face mask at all times and shall remove the same only at the time of their personal identification and signing of the attendance register. Candidates may ask the room invigilator to provide mask.
• In case any candidate needs to use the washroom, they shall seek permission of hall/room invigilators for use of washrooms. They must sanitize their hands with the sanitizer made available by the centre outside the washroom.
• All candidates are advised to co-operate with the exam centre staff for adherence to the COVID-19 and other guidelines during conduct of examinations.
• All candidates must bring their own stationary as borrowing or lending of the same during the examination is strictly prohibited.
• On completion of the CA exam, candidates will be permitted to move out in an orderly manner - one candidate at a time. Candidates must wait for instructions from invigilator and do not get up from the seat until advised.

• The gloves and masks should be disposed in a pedal push covered bin at the examination centre and outside the examination room/hall only.
• Required distance will be maintained during the exit process without crowding anywhere at all times.
• Keeping in view the general conditions; the candidates who have completed their paper in time will be allowed to exit Exam Centre from 4.00 PM onwards.
• While the CA admit card will be printed online the candidates have to give consent to follow various guidelines issued by the Governmental authorities as also the ICAI.
• In case a candidate is minor; he/she carry an undertaking that he/she is appearing in the examination with the consent of parents/guardian. The format of undertaking is available with the CA admit card. The candidate must get the undertaking signed by the parents/guardian before the exam. 

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