Company Secretary (CS) aspirants have some good news coming their way. In 2007 the course would be available online. The current mode of doing the course is through formal class room teaching and or via post. However with the convenience of having the course online, the students will now be able to attend lectures via their desk tops. This any where and any time learning will help more and more people to have access to the program.

Mr N K Jain, secretary and chief executive officer, Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) says that the course had already moved on to e-learning as the curriculum was being offered on CDs. This obviously is a step forward. The online course will commence in 2007 and the first program to be launched is the ‘Foundation Course’. Once the program is successful the online program will move on to the ‘Intermediate Course’ and finally in phase three the third and final part of the program will be launched. The Times Of India reports:

“Those students who have registe-red or are registering for the intermediate course on or after May 2006, will be required to undertake the 70-hour computer training course. It’s compulsory for them. Only those students who successfully complete the computer course, will be eligible for the CS exams in 2007," he added.