FEE CONCESSIONS TO DISABLED STUDENTS, SCHOLARSHIPS and, MERITORIOUS STUDENTS

FEE CONCESSIONS TO DISABLED STUDENTS

are defined as follows:

(i) Blindness – “Blindness” refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the
following conditions, namely:
total absence of sight;
visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with
correcting lenses; or
limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse.
(ii) Low vision – “Low vision” means a person with impairment of visual functioning even
after treatment or standard refractive correction but who uses or is potentially capable
of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.
(iii) Leprosy cured – “Leprosy cured” means any person who has been cured of leprosy but is
suffering from
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;
manifest deformity and paresis but having sufficient mobility in their hands and
feet to enable them to engage in normal economic activity;
extreme physical deformity as well as advanced age which prevents him from
undertaking any gainful occupation, and the expression “leprosy cured” shall be
constructed accordingly.
(iv) Hearing impairment – “Hearing impairment” means loss of sixty decibels or more in the
better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.
(v) Locomotors disability – “Locomotors disability” means disability of the bones, joints or
muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of
cerebral palsy.
(vi) Permanent and total loss of voice – 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.
Disabled students, who are suffering from more than 50% disability as
stated above, are eligible for full exemption from payment of registration
and tuition fees at PCC/IPCC/ATC and Final levels.
OTHER FEE CONCESSIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
The children of military and para-military forces who are studying chartered accountancy course
and whose either of the parents have lost their lives in action are exempted from payment of
tuition and registration fees. This concession of fees will be made available on production of
necessary documents.
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MERITORIOUS STUDENTS
The Board of Studies grants various Scholarships to students, namely, Merit, Merit-cum-Need
based, Need-based Weaker Sections Scholarships out of the funds of the Institute and
Endowment Schemes created by individual donors/Trusts/Societies. Various scholarships are
awarded twice in a year i.e. commencing from April and October every year and generally its
announcements are released in the Students Newsletter – The Chartered Accountant Student.
The students are required to apply in prescribed Scholarship Application Form. Merit Scholarship
are granted automatically on the basis of Merit List released by the Examination Section.
(i) First three rank holders of CPT examination of each term who have taken admission to
PCC/IPCC are selected for award of merit scholarship @Rs.1250 per month for a period
of 18 months.
(ii) First three rank holders of PE-II/PCE/IPCE are granted merit scholarship @ Rs.1250 per
month for a period of 18 months/30 months/remaining period of articled training.
(iii) 60 Merit-cum-Need based scholarship are granted to rank holders of CPT/PE-II/PCE/IPCE
@ Rs.1250 per month for a period of 18 months/30 months/remaining period of articled
training.
(iv) 100 Need-based and Weaker Sections Scholarship are granted to the students of PEII/
PCC/IPCC based on the result of each term of CPT examination @ Rs.1000 per month
for a period of 18 months.
(v) Two scholarships are reserved every year for physically handicapped students in need
based category.
(vi) For SC/ST/OBC category students, an additional amount of Rs.100/- is paid in each
category of scholarship.
(vii) In case any scholarship, falling under any category of a particular course, could not be
granted, the same at the discretion of the Chairman, Board of Studies and Director of
Studies can be transferred to other course(s) under the same category.
(viii) Scholarship of various amounts are also granted under Endowment Schemes.