Apex body of company secretaries ICSI plans to come up with initiatives to help enhance job skills of aspirants who fail to clear the company secretary examination.
The plan comes against the backdrop of a significant number of individuals enrolling for company secretary course. About four lakh students are pursuing the company secretaries programme at various levels. ICSI President Mamta Binani told PTI that the institute is looking at having initiatives that would help aspirants who are unable to clear the examination boost their employability skills.
“The idea is to improve their skills and make them more employable,” she said, adding that it is at a very initial stage. For graduates, the course has two levels -intermediate and final -while those who have passed plus-two examination can start with the foundation programme. There are around 42,000 company secretaries.
Binani, who took over as ICSI (Institute of Company Secretaries of India) President last month, said there has been a lot of changes in terms of regulations in recent times.