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    CA Inter Jan 2025 Pass Percentage Drops: Group 1 at 14.17%, Group 2 Sees Improvement

    CA Inter Jan 2025 Pass Percentage Drops: Group 1 at 14.17%, Group 2 Sees Improvement

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    Sansar Singh ChhikaraUpdated on 04 Mar 2025, 12:50 PM IST

    The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has announced the CA Inter Jan 2025 results on March 4, 2025. The CA Inter Jan 2025 exams saw a very low pass percentage indicating towards increased difficulty, new ICAI scheme and other factors. Only 14.07% could pass both groups of CA Inter January 2025. The CA Inter Group 1 pass percentage Jan 2025 wasn’t much better either, a mere 14.17%. While the Group 2 of CA Inter recorded a pass percentage of 22.16%, which is better than last many previous attempts. In this article we study the CA Inter pass percentage trends for last eight years for all groups, each group individual

    CA Inter Jan 2025 Pass Percentage Drops: Group 1 at 14.17%, Group 2 Sees Improvement
    CA Inter Jan 2025 Pass Percentage Drops

    CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Analysis (2018-2025)

    Exam Session

    Group 1 Pass %

    Group 2 Pass %

    Both Groups Pass %

    Total Candidates Appeared

    Jan 2025

    14.17%

    22.16%

    14.05%

    1,40,294

    Sep 2024

    15.17%

    15.99%

    5.66%

    96,505

    May 2024

    27.15%

    18.28%

    18.42%

    1,22,963

    Nov 2023

    16.78%

    19.18%

    9.73%

    1,57,483

    May 2023

    18.95%

    23.44%

    10.24%

    1,42,542

    Dec 2022

    21.19%

    24.44%

    12.72%

    1,17,889

    May 2022

    13.30%

    12.45%

    5.46%

    1,19,907

    Dec 2021 (New Course)

    21.78%

    11.81%

    11.56%

    1,07,722

    Dec 2021 (Old Course)

    5.39%

    16.79%

    0.91%

    31,011

    July 2021 (New Course)

    29.11%

    22.20%

    10.49%

    1,26,426

    July 2021 (Old Course)

    4.34%

    30.13%

    0.66%

    39,084

    Nov 2020 (Old Course)

    11.75%

    15.11%

    1.81%

    34,821

    Nov 2020 (New Course)

    25.64%

    21.85%

    17.09%

    1,36,021

    Nov 2019

    22.49%

    17.87%

    14.37%

    1,50,402

    May 2019

    17.69%

    31.70%

    17.11%

    1,40,124

    Nov 2018

    18.54%

    43.04%

    8.88%

    1,35,487

    May 2018

    23.04%

    4.04%

    17.98%

    1,28,945


    CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Analysis


    Group 1 Pass Percentage Analysis (2018-2025)

    Exam Session

    Group 1 Candidates Appeared

    Group 1 Candidates Passed

    Group 1 Pass %

    Jan 2025

    1,08,187

    15,332

    14.17%

    Sep 2024

    69,227

    10,505

    15.17%

    May 2024

    1,11,774

    31,978

    27.15%

    Nov 2023

    1,17,304

    19,686

    16.78%

    May 2023

    1,00,781

    19,103

    18.95%

    Dec 2022

    1,00,265

    21,244

    21.19%

    May 2022

    80,605

    10,717

    13.30%

    Group 2 Pass Percentage Analysis (2018-2025)

    Exam Session

    Group 2 Candidates Appeared

    Group 2 Candidates Passed

    Group 2 Pass %

    Jan 2025

    80,368

    17,813

    22.16%

    Sep 2024

    50,760

    8,117

    15.99%

    May 2024

    71,145

    13,008

    18.28%

    Nov 2023

    93,638

    17,957

    19.18%

    May 2023

    81,956

    19,208

    23.44%

    Dec 2022

    79,292

    19,380

    24.44%

    May 2022

    63,777

    7,943

    12.45%

    Both Groups Pass Percentage Analysis (2018-2025)

    Exam Session

    Both Groups Candidates Appeared

    Both Groups Candidates Passed

    Both Groups Pass %

    Jan 2025

    48,261

    6,781

    14.05%

    Sep 2024

    23,482

    1,330

    5.66%

    May 2024

    59,956

    11,041

    18.42%

    Nov 2023

    53,459

    5,204

    9.73%

    May 2023

    39,195

    4,014

    10.24%

    Dec 2022

    37,428

    4,759

    12.72%

    May 2022

    24,475

    1,337

    5.46%

    Last 8 Years’ CA Intermediate Pass Percentage Analysis

    Studying the pass percentage trends of CA Inter over the years, here are few notable takeaways:

    • The CA Inter Group 1 pass percentage is lower than the September 2024 session and significantly lower to the May 2024 session. This might indicate increased difficulty level in Group 1 under ICAI New Scheme of Education and Training.

    • The CA Inter Group 2 pass percentage showed significant recovery compared to the Sep 2024 session. The CA Inter Group 2 pass percentage increased to 22.16% in January 2025.

    • This CA Inter Jan 2025 results indicate a better evaluation pattern. The results did not show any shocking trends.

    • With three attempts already conducted under ICAI New scheme, the future attempts may see an increased pass percentage for all groups of CA Inter.

    • The CA Inter May 2025 exam is expected to see a higher pass rate. Historically, the May sessions of CA Inter have recorded a higher pass rate compared to the other sessions.

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