New Delhi: The Institute of Company secretaries of India ( ICSI), a premier National Professional body established by Act of Parliament to develop and regulate the Profession of Company Secretaries has launched a new syllabus for CS Foundation Programme today, at New Delhi. The CS Foundation programme consists of four papers viz., Business Environment and Entrepreneurship; Business Management, Ethics and Communication; Business Economics; Fundamentals of Accounting and Auditing.

Under the new syllabus, Optical Marks Recognition (OMR) based examination (Objective type multiple choice questions) would be conducted for Foundation Programme. The students are eligible to appear in the examination on the basis of self study. The requirement of Coaching Completion Certificate has been discontinued for Foundation Programme Students.

The new syllabus of Foundation Programme will be effective from 1st February, 2012 and the examination under this new syllabus will be held from December 2012 session of CS examinations.

Speaking on the occasion Shri Nesar Ahmad, President, the ICSI said that the professionalism and the knowledge base has to happen at the grass root level and the revision of syllabus is the first step towards this direction. He further said that in addition to the awareness of legal aspects, the students will be taught various aspects of business environment and entrepreneurship coupled with communication skills.