Criteria

Final Test Criteria

The Final Examinations of CAP-I, CAP-II and CAP-III Level are held twice a year. The Summer Examination is held in the first week of June and Winter Examination in the first week of December every year. It comprises of two groups. Candidate can appear for Both groups / group I / group II subject to fulfillment of eligibility condition in case of CAP II & CAP III. The Examination of each level is detailed below.

CAP-I Level

A candidate can appear in the CAP -I Level Examination, provided he/she has:

• Completed Six months of study from the date of registration, and
• Obtained eligibility certificate.

The medium of writing in the examinations shall be Nepali or English as decided by the Council. It must be noted that a student must clear the CAP-I Level Examination within three years from the date of registration, irrespective of the date of getting the eligibility certificate. If a student fails to complete examinations within the stipulated duration, his/her registration shall be cancelled on expiry of three years from the date of his registration. However, such a student can re-register as de-novo.

Fees:

 CAP-II Level

A candidate can appear for the CAP-II Level Examination after one year from the date of registration and after obtaining eligibility certificate (EC) of pre-test exam.  The medium of examination will be Nepali or English as decided by the Council. It must be noted that a student must pass CAP-II Level examination within five years from the date of registration. If a student fails to pass the qualifying examinations within the stipulated duration, his/her registration shall be cancelled at the expiry of five years from the date of his registration. However, such a student can re-register as de-novo. A candidate can appear either in both groups or in any of the group at a time.

The fees for the Examination are as follows:

CAP-III Level

A candidate appearing in the CAP-III Examination must have:

• Completed two years from the date of registration in CAP-III Course,
• Obtained the eligibility certificate of pre-test exam, and
• Completed the prescribed period of practical training, i.e. 3 years or has yet to serve not more than 12 months of articleship prior to the first day of the month in which Examination is held.

A candidate can appear either in both groups of tests simultaneously or in one group in one examination and in the other group at any subsequent examination.

The examination fees shall be as follows:

Examination Notices and Fees

Students eligible to appear in the examinations shall have to submit an examination form within the dates announced by the Institute. For appearing in the June examination, the form should be submitted on or before the end of April and examination by end of October for the December examination. Notice regarding the examination will be published in newspapers, Institute's Journal, Notice Board of the Institute and Institute’s Web-Site.

Results

• A candidate shall be declared to have passed the CAP-I, CAP-II or CAP-III Level Examination only if he passes in both the groups.
• A candidate shall be declared to have passed in both groups simultaneously if he secures at one sitting:
  • A minimum of 40 % marks in each paper of each of the group and an aggregate of 50 % marks of all the papers of each of the groups
    OR
  • A minimum of 40 % marks in each paper of both the groups and 50 % in the aggregate of all the papers of both groups taken together

Exemption

There is no exemption rule in CAP-I Level But such facility is available in CAP-II and CAP-III Level subject to provided condition. A student who has scored 60 % or more in any paper (s) but has failed in that group, shall be entitled for exemption in that particular paper (s), provided, he has scored a minimum of 30 % in any one of the subject of that group, and should have attempted all the papers in that group.

The exemption shall remain valid for the next three consecutive examinations but those students who are entitled for exemption shall not be considered for rank.

Distinction

A student scoring 75 % or above, in the aggregate of both groups, at one sitting, shall be considered to have secured distinction.

Verification of Marks

A candidate may apply to the Institute within a period of 30 days from the date of publication of examination results accompanied with the requisite fees for verification of marks in any paper(s). However, re-evaluation of the answers is not permissible.