SSC Stenographer Eligibility Criteria 2019 - Staff Selection Commission (SSC), the exam conducting authority, prescribes the eligibility criteria of SSC Stenographer. SSC Stenographer eligibility criteria highlights the parameters in terms of age, educational qualification and nationality. Candidates who wish to apply need to fulfill SSC Stenographer 2019 eligibility criteria for the exam as well as for selection. According to SSC Stenographer eligibility criteria, candidates who have passed Class 12 and are between 18 to 30 years are eligible to apply for the exam. Before applying for the exam, candidates must check the eligibility criteria to ascertain their eligibility for the exam. Candidates can check below the detailed SSC Stenographer eligibility criteria.
SSC Stenographer Eligibility Criteria 2019 as per Nationality
A candidate must be either:
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the January 1, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika 2 and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
SSC Stenographer Eligibility Criteria 2019 as per Educational Qualification
Candidates must have passed Class 10/HSC or equivalent examination from a recognised board or university.
SSC Stenographer Eligibility 2019 as per Age Limit
The post-wise age limit of SSC Stenographer is given below.
Stenographer Grade C – Candidates age should be between 18 to 30 years .
Stenographer Grade D – For this post, the age limit is 18 to 27 years.
Relaxation in the age limit will be provided to candidates belonging to reserved categories
Category | Age relaxation |
SC/ ST | 5 years |
OBC | 3 years |
PwD (Unreserved) | 10 years |
PwD (OBC) | 13 years |
PwD (SC/ ST) | 15 years |
Ex-Servicemen (ESM) | 03 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of receipt of online application |
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989 | 05 years |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof | 03 years |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST) | 08 years |
Central Govt. Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications. | Up to 40 years of age |
Central Govt. Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and continuous service as on closing date for receipt of online applications. (SC/ ST) | Up to 45 years of age |
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried | Up to 35 years of age |
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST ) | Up to 40 years of age |
Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces | Up to 45 years of age |
Service Clerks in the last year of their colour service in the Armed Forces (SC/ ST) | Up to 50 years of age |
Retrenched census employees of the office of Registrar General of India (They will be considered only for offices under RGI in their order of merit and subject to availability of vacancies ) | 3 years plus length of service rendered by them in connection with census, before retrenchment and weightage of past service |
SSC Stenographer Eligibility Criteria 2019 – Important Points
The date of birth should be as recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary examination certificate or an equivalent certificate only.
All candidates called for document verification will be required to produce the relevant certificates like marksheets, provisional certificates etc.
SSC Stenographer application form 2019 will be released in October 2019. Candidates need to apply online for the exam. SSC Stenographer exam is conducted to select candidates for the post of Stenographer Grade C and D.
