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Is Mathematics required to pursue Chartered Accountancy?

A question that has always been top of mind for most Commerce students & their parents, with as many different answers that confuse. To provide clarity & before i say YES or NO, let me give you the background.

Basically the students can be classified into CBSE & State Board. Until last year i.e.2019, CBSE did not classify their mathematics applicability for Science vs Commerce. They had only one Mathematics called General Mathematics, which was applicable for all. However under the State Board Syllabus, they had 2 options; Business Mathematics & General Mathematics.

CBSE Students study General Mathematics & State Board study Business Mathematics. However there are students who do not opt for Mathematics during their 11th & 12th. They opt for Marketing, Computer Science or any other allied subjects offered. For these students, this question of whether Math is required for CA, seems to be pertinent.

It is imperative that students understand whether they opt for Math or not is not a per-requisite for pursue CA. Math as a subject is not a basic requirement for CA. Those who have not taken Math, may need to put in a little more work than the ones who took Math in 11th & 12th. At KEW Academy, we have enough outstanding examples of students who did not take Math in 11th & 12th and yet managed to clear their CA Finals & hold successful jobs today.

To summarize, learning Math in 11th & 12th is not an absolute requirement to pursue Chartered Accountancy. If you have taken Math, it gives you a marginal advantage. Further, the CA curriculum is designed in such a way that the influence of Math & Statistics in 11th & 12th, will only help in Stage 1 of CA i.e. CA Foundation level.

If you are wondering whether it will have an impact on CA Intermediate or CA Final, yes, regardless of whether you opt for Math or not in 11th & 12th, it will have no impact in either of the exams. Does that mean that we have no Math in CA Intermediate or CA Final? Yes! you will not have Math in CA Intermediate or CA Final.

In CA Foundation too, Math is not for 100 marks. Math paper is split into 40 marks for Math, 40  marks for Statistics & 20 Marks for Logical Reasoning. So effectively even if you are a non Math student, with conceptual clarity in Statistics & Logical Reasoning, you can ace the exam very easily. Especially because the Math, Statistic & Logical Reasoning paper is not a 'descriptive' paper but an 'objective' type paper. So out of the 100 questions that are asked, the student can very easily answer the questions with the right training.

In my experience of over 15 years, I have seen many students with a basic knowledge of math & a substantial knowledge in Statistics & Logical Reasoning have scored 70% and passed CA Foundation in the very first attempt.

So whether you are a Math or a non Math student, you can very easily focus on becoming a Chartered Accountant. That said, I know what i am saying, because i am a non Math student too and today I am a practicing Chartered Accountant.

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