The Tamil Nadu Government, after preparing the students for NEET and JEE, is now all set to train students for Chartered Accountancy (CA) course which will be for about four weeks. With this, Tamil Nadu will become the first State in the country to offer the training.
“The government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to conduct CA training for government and aided school students,” said school education minister K A Sengottaiyan.
ICAI officials reportedly said that chartered accountants will travel to as many rural centres as possible to handle these classes, and teachers will also be sensitised to teaching methodologies so that they can continue with the training.
The programme, aimed at integrating the course with schools, will explain the employment opportunities related to the course, how to prepare for the tests as many students from rural areas don’t know much about CA, unlike their counterparts in urban areas, said Ramaswamy.
It hardly costs Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 to complete the course, and top companies are ready to pay them a stipend of Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 on completion of foundation course, he said.
“Though the initial idea is to train the students for four weeks at government schools, ICAI might extend the programme depending on the response from the students,” said a senior official from the school education department. Discussions are under way to finalise the timings for these training sessions.
“We are designing a curriculum for 15 subjects like agriculture, horticulture, fashion technology, hotel management, IT and mechanical engineering, among others. Locality-oriented training will be provided to students on these subjects during weekends at nearby industries,” Sengottaiyan said.
