The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has urged the Maharashtra government to include commerce as a subject in the school curriculum from Classes 5 to 10. Western India Regional Council (WIRC) of ICAI, chairman CA Ketan Saiya said on Wednesday that the proposal has received “a positive response” from school education minister Dada Bhuse, the education secretary, and MSCERT director Rahul Rekhawar.

CA Ketan Saiya said the ICAI has requested that dedicated lessons on commerce be incorporated in school textbooks. “Senior officials have suggested forming a committee of expert chartered accountants to draft the course content. This gives clarity that commerce could find space in the revised school curriculum,” he said.

Saiya also announced that ICAI has set up a ₹500-crore sc

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