According to media reports, the CA Inter and Final exams 2024 will be postponed by nearly three weeks, with the official decision expected to be announced this week.
The CA Inter exams 2024 are scheduled for May 3, 5, and 7 for group 1, and May 9, 11, and 13 for group 2, according to the timetable released by the ICAI. Whereas, CA final group 1 and group 2 exams are scheduled to begin from May 2–6, and May 8–12, respectively.
Aspirants who have registered to take the ICAI CA Inter and Final exams in May 2024 are concerned about the situation’s uncertainty with various users on the social media stating that th exam is expected to be postponed due to the upcoming general election schedule. Aspirants who have registered to take the ICAI CA Inter and Final exams in May 2024 are concerned about the situation’s uncertainty, with various social media users, comprising of qualified CA and CA aspirants, claiming that the exam will be postponed due to the upcoming general election 2024.
Here’s a look at student reactions across X
One of the users, highlighting the lack of any official source of information said (in Hindi),
“Every person who claims to be a reliable source is also a reliable source. But the mystery is, is there a reliable source for even the reliable source? But who is that?”
Another user, who is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA), commented on one of the numerous tweets regarding the uncertainty surrounding the change in exam dates, stating, “…why you float false information.. I can’t understand. Election dates not in hand of ICAI. Whenever election dates declared ICAI accordingly changed exam schedule..”
Another user, who is also a qualified CA stated that the ICAI CA Intern, Final exam 2024 in May will be rescheduled, and that final decision will be taken after March 15. The tweet reads, “CA Final and Inter exams are likely to be postponed by 3 weeks approx, It may start in the last week of May month. The final decision will be taken after the election schedule. (Which is likely to be declared on or after 15th March)”
CA Inter, Final aspirants turn to memes as they await official announcements
Given the perplexing situation faced by aspirants, many users shared memes. One shared a recent image of the Prime Minister in Kaziranga-
Another user shared a meme in the form of a video, depicting the upcoming CA exam as the ‘Titanic’ and the iceberg as the ‘Election Date’, implying that the exam might get crashed due to the upcoming general elections-
Amidst a flurry of tweets referring to ‘reliable sources’ without providing any legitimate source, a user shared a meme highlighting the confusion among exam candidates scheduled to take the May 2024 exam. The meme humorously depicts the difficulty aspirants are facing to determine the true situation in the absence of any official announcement-