Executive

Stages to become a Company Secretary:
The student who would like to join the course after 10+2 pass or equivalent has to undergo three stages to pursue the Company Secretary course-
1. Foundation Programme
2. Executive Programme
3. Professional Programme
The student who would like to join the course after passing graduation has to undergo two stages of Company Secretaryship i.e. Executive Programme and Professional Programme.
Foundation Programme can be pursued by 10+2 pass or equivalent students of Arts, Science or Commerce stream (excluding Fine Arts).
Executive Programme can be pursued by a graduate of all streams except Fine Arts.
Professional Programme can be pursued only after clearing the Executive Programme of CS Course.
After this, you will become a CA.

Hi,
Common Proficiency Test (CPT) is mandatory for the following:
Students who have qualified Higher Secondary examination. Candidates who possess a bachelor's degree in any discipline. Candidates who hold a master's degree in any discipline.
Candidates who possess any professional qualification.
So, as you can see, Common Proficiency Test is mandatory for every individual willing to pursue Chartered Accountancy course and will remain so unless the proposal is approved by the union government. As per the proposal, commerce graduates with 55% marks in the qualifying examination and non-Commerce graduates with 60% marks or more shall be exempted from the Common Proficiency Test.
Regards.

First, you have to decide whether you are going to attempt both modules/groups or single module/groups at a time. It totally depends on you and your plan. After deciding the module/group which you want to be prepared for, it's time for you to plan the whole thing, like how many hours you can study a day or how many hours can you allocate to each subject.
1. CONFIDENCE: Most of the important things in exam like CS executive is confidence. Confidence is the foundation upon which you can build your CS executive exam success. Basically, for passing CS executive, you need not be a super genius. Do not ever think that only talented students can clear CS executive in the first attempt. So be confident.
2. PLAN: How many hours you have to study to complete your whole syllabus? Which subject is your strength and which subject is your weak? (I know most of the CS executive students' weak subject is accounts). Give more time to your weak subjects and make your weakness your strength.
3. Implementation of plan
4. GOAL: You must have set up the clear-cut goal that you want to pass CS executive exam in the first attempt at any cost. You will face a lot of difficulties while preparing CS executive but remember you will have to cope up all the difficulties and will have to follow the goal of cracking CS executive in the very first attempt.
5. BOOKS: Without good and proper books, all the above efforts are meaningless. Book selection is very crucial. You have to choose the best book which covers almost all types of questions, books which have understandable language. I will advise you to prefer study module provided by ICSI. I know it has some difficult language but module language is best for getting good marks. If you have sufficient time read Bare Act. In CS executive exam sections and case laws are crucial so this is beneficial for you to raise your study standards. Use scanner after completing the whole syllabus. Because the percentage of repetition of previously asked questions is in high numbers.
6. STRATEGY: Strategy can be included in an implementation of a plan but here I choose to explain this thing separately. Follow a strategic study, like you cannot study accounts independent of company law. Tax cannot be studied independently of accounting. Thus, these subjects are inter-related.
7. Revision
8. WRITING: Always practice writing.