You can register for Professional Education Course-I and Course II any time during the year. However, as the examination is held twice a year in May and November, it is necessary that a student must register at least ten months before the examinations.

Academic ability, analytical ability and numerical aptitude are some of the personal attributes a CA requires. In addition, those with business acumen, information management skills and a methodical approach to work can go far. The extremely rigorous and prolonged training period also demands a lot of hard work, motivation and endurance.

The training programme is conducted through postal tuitions. Answering test papers forms an integral part of the postal tuition scheme. These tests have to be cleared before each exam can be taken.

After passing the Professional Education Exam II, you are eligible for registration as articled clerks/audit clerks for practical training. The Computer Training Programme is compulsory for the candidates who wish to register themselves as auditor clerk.

Students can undergo this programme while pursuing Professional course I or course II. On completion of articles and industrial training, an articled clerk can join a CA in the profession and work until the final exam is completed. This means a job and a salary while training, which is not the case in most other professions.

During the training period, you are required to work in different areas learning the basics of auditing and taxation. This training enables you to learn the technical details of the job as well as to develop professional competence and related skills and acquire certain ethical values and norms expected of professional accountants.

Two to five years after qualifying in the final exams, depending upon an individual's abilities, the CA can become a partner. Most professional firms make an experienced CA a partner in due course. But since this may take several years, a qualified CA can also open a firm, or form partnerships with other CAs.