The document announces that the Institute has decided to grant 15 minutes of extra time for Foundation Programme (Old Syllabus) candidates to read the question papers for all subjects, effective from the December 2012 examination onwards. Question papers will be distributed 15 minutes before each exam starts to allow time for reading, but writing answers may not begin until the specified exam time. This extra reading time applies to exams under the Foundation Programme (Old Syllabus), Executive Programme and Professional Programme.

1. 1
GRANT OF 15 MINUTES EXTRA TIME FOR READING THE
QUESTION PAPERS
(ONLY FOR FOUNDATION PROGRAMME –
OLD SYLLABUS)
Candidates will be pleased to note that the Institute has decided to
grant 15 minutes extra time for reading the Question Papers of all
the subjects of Foundation Programme (Old Syllabus),
Executive Programme and Professional Programme Examinations,
effective from December, 2012 Examination onwards.
Accordingly, Question papers for each subject will be distributed to
the candidates 15 minutes prior to the time specified for the
commencement of each examination for reading and
understanding of the same. However, no candidate shall be
allowed to write the answers in the Answer Book before the
specified time.