ICO

• The International Commerce Olympiad (ICO) is conducted by the Commerce Teachers’ Foundation (CTF), which is primarily a non-profit and voluntary organisation.
• It was started with the sole aim of offering professional excellence of the commerce teachers’ fraternity to the education world.
• In the year 2007, the Commerce Teachers' Association got registered under the Societies Registration Act as a Delhi based organisation. But later on, they decided to expand and cater to the needs of the teachers and students across India and overseas.
• Eventually, the Commerce Teachers' Foundation was registered as a national organisation.
• The CTF works hard towards identifying talent in Commerce subjects and offering an open platform of competition to young students.
• It also helps children get familiar with competitive exams as more often than not, they get exposure to exams, such as the BBA or CPT, conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, only after school.,
• The ICO is held across all CBSE affiliated schools every year for classes 11 and 12

Part A

Unit 1: Theoretical Framework for Accounting:

(A) Introduction to Accounting

(B) Theory base of Accounting

Part B

Unit 2: Accounting Process and Special 18 Accounting Treatment: (Excluding Depreciation, Provision & Reserves, B/E)

(A) Recording of Business Transactions

(B) Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement, Ledger and Trial Balance.

(C) Rectification of errors Section B

(D) Deprecation, Provision and Reserves

(E) Accounting for Bill of Exchange

Part C (Optional)

Unit 3: Financial Statements of Sole Proprietorship: From Complete Records only (with Adjustments)

Part A: Accounting for Partnership Firms and Companies

Unit 1. Accounting for Partnership Firm

Unit 2. Accounting For Companies

Part B: Financial Statement Analysis

Unit 3. Analysis of Financial Statement

Unit 4. Cash Flow Statement

Part A: Principles and Functions of Management

Part: B Business Finance and Marketing

9. Financial Management
10. Financial Markets
11. Marketing Management
12. Consumer Protection

Part A: Foundations of Business

1. Nature and Purpose of Business
2. Form of Business Organizations
3. Public, Private and Global Enterprises
4. Business Services
5. Emerging Modes of Business
6. Social Responsibility of Business and Business Ethics

Part B: Finance and Trade

7. Sources of Business Finance

• All students from Class 11 and 12 are eligible to appear for the International Commerce Olympiad.
• The CTF does not accept less than 20 entries from the school, and there needs to be 10 each from Class 11 and 12 or 20 from a single class (in case one of the classes is participating).
• The foundation does not have any other eligibility criteria like minimum marks for the exam.

• You need to register online on the official website for enrolling for the Olympiad.
• Once the registration is done, an SMS confirmation is sent to the registered mobile number.
• For filling up the details of the school, you need to login by entering your registered email id and opted password.
• You need to fill up information about your teachers (Accountancy & Business Studies) for the certificates maximum limit: 7
• Fill up details like: name, class and mobile number.
• Download the total list of students submitted in the form and keep for future reference.
• Make the requisite payments
• Take a printout of the receipt and other forms.
• Send the printouts of the copies that are duly attested by the Principal along with draft or proof of payment.

Here are the dates of the ICO exam:

• India: Option - I on 17th November 2017 (Friday)

Option -II on 28th November 2017 (Tuesday)

• Overseas: 5th December 2017 (Tuesday)
• Venue: The exams are conducted at the respective participating schools, which work as exam centres.

The International Commerce Olympiad-2017 result has been declared.

You need to click on this link for getting the result: ICO Result

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• Revision is important: When you go through a formula or concept, maintain revision notes in the form of bullet points. Revision will be useful when the exam is close and a good revision pattern will take less time. Normally, without these notes, you would have to go through the entire chapter to understand important points once again.

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