How To Choose CA Intermediate Classes?

As soon as you clear your CA foundation exams, you are puzzled by many questions about CA intermediate, one of which is where to take coaching for CA Intermediate.

In this blog I will share some crucial pointers you should consider before selecting, choosing, getting admission, deciding about your CA Intermediate classes.

I will also tell you that how Team Edu91 & I can help you in your CA intermediate.

Doubt Support

Number 1 consideration is whether the teachers are providing proper Doubt Support after taking classes or not.

Online classes have their advantages and disadvantages. The most significant drawback is that once the classes are sold, teachers stop replying to the doubts of the students.

Why have I kept this point at the number one position?

Because of the nature of subjects we have, students might have some doubts even if the teacher has given his 100% while teaching. And if those doubts are not solved, students feel stuck and betrayed.

At EDU91, we try our best to resolve the doubts of the student. All our teachers are dedicated to different channels to solve the doubts of the student. For example, we have created a doubt support forum where students can ask their doubts in auditing.

For my subjects (Audit & Tax), I also go live in the batch and take the student's doubts when necessary.

For auditing and income tax, we have also started the community support system where your doubts will be taken care of by the faculty and the students of the same batch.

I will be very honest and straightforward. Nobody is perfect, and the same is the case with us. I'm not saying that we are able to take 100% doubts, but we try our best. I can proudly say that we are the leading Institute as far as the Doubt Support facility is concerned.

Mock Test

The second thing you should see is how many mock tests you will be getting before your exams from your teacher and whether those mock tests will be checked or not.

A minimum of three mock tests should be there from your teacher's side or from the institute you are joining. We at Edu91 provide at least five tests for Audit and Strategic Management. As far as Income Tax and GST are concerned, we provide a minimum of three tests.

Why am I telling you to focus on mock tests?

There is no point in taking classes if you will not be getting mock tests with them. Mock test assures that you have prepared well for the exams.

Mock tests help you understand in advance what marks you will be getting with the preparation you are having right now, and thereby, you can further improve your preparation.

In my opinion, if you are not getting mock tests with your classes, you should not join at all.

Keep in mind that your mock tests are getting evaluated, you must get your marks and your answers copies.

At EDU91, we provide you with mock tests prepared by Chartered Accountants only.

Chartered accountants also check mock tests, and we also provide follow-up videos afterwards in which we discuss common mistakes and try to discuss the answer sheet of the student who has scored the highest marks. These videos give very important insights to students for preparation for their exams.

We also provide suggested answers to students, and we try to give the marking scheme of the exams as well. Please note we do not have the exact marking scheme as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; we still try to be as close with them as possible.

In Auditing, we are also introducing the concept of unit tests. Every month there will be three tests covering the entire syllabus in the month.

Just sit for a while and think about it, you scored very good marks in class 12th. Why? The reason was that you used to give a lot of tests before your final exams.

Make a simple rule.No mock tests, no classes

A mock test is an inherent right of all the students who are taking classes.

Some teachers provide mock tests with some extra charges. I personally feel that is not the right way, because if you have paid us once, you paid for the entire service.

At Edu91, we do not create any differentiation between our batches; whether you are taking our app-based classes or Google Drive classes or Pen Drive classes, you will get mock tests in all the types of classes.

We do not create a disparity between students based on the fees charges, et cetera.

I think I have sufficiently emphasised the importance of mock tests in CA exams. Your future is at stake, and if you do not take proper steps like giving mock tests before appearing for your exams, your future and career will suffer a lot.

Mock tests will also help you learn how to write answers in your exams with proper presentation.

ICAI follows a specific structure while checking your exams. Likewise, a particular structure is also there for writing the answer, which you will learn over time when you will give mock tests.

As already mentioned, we also share videos after the mock test discussing the common mistakes etc. In the same video, we share the presentation tips which will help you in scoring good marks.

For November 2021 Exams Our Plan For Test

Subjects
Number of Tests
Audit
8 Tests
Income Tax
6 Tests
GST
5 Tests
Strategic Management
5 Tests

Our Plan for May 2022 Exams

Subjects
Number of Mock Tests
Audit
12 Unit Tests and 2 Fully Syllabus Tests Starting from December 2021. Chartered Accountants will check all Tests.
Income Tax
12 Unit Test and 2 Full Syllabus Test
GST
5 Tests Starting from December 2021. Chartered Accountants will check all Tests.
Strategic Management
5 Tests Starting from December 2021. Chartered Accountants will check all Tests.

App-Based MCQs

As far as CA intermediate is concerned, in four subjects, The ICAI will be asking 30% of the questions in MCQ format.

ICAI has issued its MCQ booklet as well as they are giving MCQs in every RTP, MTP etc.

We will be discussing all the MCQ given by ICAI and we are also in the process of creating MCQ with the help of chartered accountants and we are uploading the same in our app so that students can access them as a test.

Students will get their marks on the spot as soon as they submit their answers.

Ranks will also be awarded to the top scorers.

As of now, we have implemented this in auditing and income tax.

We are also in the process of creating video explanation series for all the MCQs of auditing so that when a student submits the answer he or she will also get video explanations of what the correct answer is and the reason for the same.

MCQ will help all the students to check or assess their preparation as well as serve as a revision tool.

Mentorship Program

Now, coming to the fourth point.

I understand that a student feels lonely and abandoned because he's out of touch with friends; he slowly stops attending social gatherings and family functions.

At times he feels stuck. The sheer pressure of bulky subjects takes over the enthusiasm which was there in the beginning.

Because of online classes, this problem has increased many folds.

CA students sometimes need someone to talk to, discuss, vent out, and express themselves. Apart from all this, they also need guidance for preparation from someone who's been through the same situation as they're going through.

With online classes where you are just a payment ID for the teacher, most of the teachers are least bothered about your problems, which are sometimes beyond studies. They might lead to time management, planning, strategy, lack of motivation et cetera.

Edu91 has come up with a solution for this also. 

We have started a mentorship program. Don't worry; we will not charge anything extra for it; it is a part of the price of the classes you will pay.

Let me clarify that we only charge for the classes and that too at very affordable prices. Edu91 offers the most competitive prices in the market; you can check our prices and the services we provide, then you will realise that we are charging peanuts.

Now, coming back to the problem we were discussing. 

Edu91 has started its mentorship programme where we will be providing you study guidance and technique videos, which will focus on time management and which will help the students in preparation.

Edu91 will also guide its students to create study plans to make broad strategies.

In this mentorship program, we will upload the recorded videos and will also conduct live sessions with students to discuss and solve their problems.

We will also arrange motivational talks from our alumni who have scored ranks less good grade marks in their respective subjects.

Subject-wise strategies will also be there like the ABC analysis chapter wise.

With Edu91, I assure you that you will not be alone.

Career Counselling

Students have many doubts regarding their careers, and they don't have the right people to answer these questions. I personally believe that the right guidance at the right time can change your career path.

Students need advice on courses that they can pursue with a chartered accountancy course or after qualifying chartered accountancy.

Essential guidance related to graduation, post-graduation is also missing in the current situation.

Along with the CA course, there are various courses that can add a lot of value to your career.

Again there is a big gap between CA students and the proper career counselling. We try to fill in that gap by conducting career counselling sessions with the relevant field experts.

Live Sessions

Institute of chartered accountants of India keeps introducing new things like revision test papers, live classes etc.

Although a few teachers take live classes, once the classes are over, no live sessions are conducted with students because they just promise to provide the classes and not an experience.

At Edu91, all the teachers take live sessions in their batches. 

These are not the regular classes/lectures for the subjects, but these are the extra classes and support for the students.

In these live sessions, we discuss the latest revision test papers, mock test papers, and other publications of the Institute of chartered accountants of India. As mentioned earlier, we take live doubt sessions also.

Prizes

At Edu91, the prize policy is very unique. 

These prizes are to motivate students to do more and give their best shot. In the past, we have observed that many students have worked really hard because of the motivation of receiving a cash prize for themselves and their family members.

Edu91 is not in the business of providing classes to CA intermediate; we are in the business of adding value to the life of CA Students.

Prize Policy -

  • Score 70 to 74 - Prize Rs.1,100
  • Score 75 to 79 - Prize Rs.5,100
  • Score 80 to 85 - Prize Rs.11,000
  • Score 86 to 90 - Prize - Rs. 21,000
  • Score 90 Above - Prize - Rs. 51,000
  • Get a Rank - Prize Rs. 5,100 + Prize as mentioned above

Ethics

This is something very different we are going to discuss.

Have you ever received any messages from a coaching institute or calls from them to join their classes?

If the answer is yes just think for a while from where they got your numbers?

Even if, you yourself provided your numbers to them, did you give them the right to message you any time of the day or call you any time of the day?

Most of the institutes obtain your mobile numbers and sometimes even the mobile number of your family members through unfair means. 

They start spamming your inbox and sometimes they go overboard and call you even twice a day to join for their classes. Let me tell you one funny thing, even when you will clear your CA exams they will still target you as a CA foundation or CA intermediate student.

In our opinion, it is completely unethical to obtain the number of students by unfair means and practises and then spam them with irrelevant offers and calls.

One more thing I would like to address here is the counselling session given at the coaching institute or online. 

When face-to-face classes were operative, students used to visit the coaching centre and the counsellor sitting there used to sell courses, combos and sometimes in that process students are misguided just so that sales can happen and now the same is happening with online classes.

In the name of counselling, the sales pitch is being delivered. Students are forced to take combos or all the subjects from the same institute or a group of teachers.

Even teachers are used as influencers to sell courses with their respective codes et cetera.

A teacher as an influencer is giving assurance of his teaching as well as of the teaching of other teachers which he even doesn’t know at all.

As a teacher and an organisation that always keep students first, we believe in ethics and we never misutilise the data of students we have with us nor do we try to sell combos or all subjects classes.

We never misguide students to leave colleges or to take steps which will ultimately be deteriorating their career in the future.

Conclusion

Here is a checklist you should check before selecting or joining CA Intermediate classes.

What Other Features Do We Offer?

Views

Teachers are giving 1.5 views 1.25 views etc. If you are new to CA intermediate classes you will very soon understand what these 1.5 and 1.25 mean, but I don't find it logical to provide 1.5 views or 1.25 views.

As a standard we are providing 3 views for every video it means you can watch our videos three times.

Hassle-Free Operation

We understand the anxiety and depression a CA student is going through while preparing for his or her CA exams and adding to that sometimes the software that is used for playing the videos can be a pain.

We have kept things very simple at Edu91. You can easily watch all the videos in our app without any hassle and you will get access as soon as you pay the fees.

As far as the software is concerned for computers that is to say for laptops we are using one of the best software is in the industry that is hasslefree and respects your privacy. 

I have observed that some classes are compelling you to install softwares which will be clicking your photographs and shooting short clips of yours while you will be watching lectures even if you are doing it off-line it will be sending your data to the teacher in the form of photos and videos which is gross breach of your privacy and can lead to grave consequences.

We understand that teachers are concerned about the security of their videos but looking at every student as if they are thugs and thieves is not the right approach.

Unencrypted PDFs

We provide notes in the form of PDF and these are completely unencrypted, which means you can read them on any computer, tab and even on mobile phones. 

You can also annotate and write on these notes by taking printouts or by importing them into your tablet or iPad. Basically, you can use them the way you want as these notes are not in an encrypted format and do not require special software or any sort of passcode to use them.

Free Courses

As we have already said that we believe in providing maximum value for every single rupee you are going to spend on Edu91 in continuation to that we provide some courses completely free of cost. At present we are providing the Index Fund investing course to all the students of audit.

We believe that investing is a must for everyone and we believe that everyone must be financially illiterate and so that they can invest and create enormous wealth and this is just a small gift from our side to students.

Here is another good news, Biggest Sale is live on Edu91 where we are providing up to 65% OFF on all CA Inter May 2022 and November 2022 classes.

Grab this offer and enjoy the quality classes at the most affordable prices and increase your chances of clearing your exams with flying colours.

All the best and God bless you all!

Neeraj Arora

सीखते रहे, क्यूँकि सीखना बंद तो जीतना बंद

Launch your GraphyLaunch your Graphy
100K+ creators trust Graphy to teach online
Edu91 Learning 2024 Privacy policy Terms of use Contact us Refund policy