SSC Stenographer Eligibility Criteria 2021 Exam : Age Limit, Educational Qualification

We already know that the Stenographer’s exam will be held between 29th March 2021 to 31 March 2021 and the admit card will be available 2 weeks before the exam. The exam will be carried on in two phases the aptitude test and the typing skill test. Entrants must go through the SSC Stenographer Syllabus and SSC Stenographer Exam Pattern. Apart from education skills, other factors to consider before the eligibility of an entrant to appear for the exam. Hence it is very important to have a look at the SSC Stenographer Eligibility criteria and follow the official site of SSC to apply.

Moreover, the eligibility for this exam will be decided, by taking into consideration four aspects. Namely Citizenship, Age limit, Educational qualification and level of disability are accepted. Before we move to the SSC Stenographer eligibility criteria lets have a look at the SSC Stenographer vacancies available for 2021.

SSC Stenographer Vacancy:

The commission has not yet announced the number of vacancies for 2021. However, we can check out the last year’s vacancy list to make our own analysis of probable vacancy.

• In 2018 the initial vacay number that was given out was only 323. Later the final vacancy number was 1276.
• In group C the initial vacancy number of 2018 was 31. However, in the final list, it increased to 429.
• The number of vacancies list is more or less the same every year. Hence there is a chance that the number of vacancies for 2021 may remain the same.
• However, we can not consider the vacancy numbers to be the final. Moreover, SSC has every right to modify the number of vacancies in the final vacancy release.

We had a sneak peek of the probable number of vacancies that could come out in the 2021’s exam. Next, we would look into the eligibility and its aspects one by one.

SSC Stenographer Eligibility:

Eligibility is a very important factor to be checked before applying for any exam. The eligibility of Stenographer’s exam is also divided into four factors:

1. Citizenship.
2. Age limit.
3. Educational Skills.
4. The Allowed level of Disability.

So, now we will find out the details of the first eligibility criteria i.e. citizenship.

Citizenship:

• The entrant must be a citizen of India or a subject of Nepal or Bhutan.
• A refugee from Tibet, who had come to India before January 1st, 1962, to settle down here forever.
• Or a person of Indian origin, arrived from East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Burma, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zaire, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, and Pakistan, to settle down in India forever.
• Or a person who has received a certificate of eligibility from the govt of India.
• A person, who is still waiting to get an eligibility certificate from the Indian Govt will be allowed to appear for the exam. However, the job will only be awarded after he or she submits proper docs.

All entrants must have the right paperwork to prove their citizenship. Now let’s have a look at the next criteria that is the age limit of an entrant:

SSC Stenographer Eligibility of Age Limit:

• The age limit for general entrants applying in Group C is 18 – 30 years.
• The age limit for general entrants applying in Group D is 18-27 years.
• Relaxation of age is available for all reserved group entrants.

Age Relaxation Table:

Age Relaxation Allowed In Upper Age limit For Group C only:

• A normal entrant who has served under the central govt for at least three years regularly and still in service can apply for this post till 40 years of age.
• A normal person under SC or ST group, who has served under central govt for at least three years regularly and still in service can apply for this post till 45 years of age.
• Women entrants, either widowed or divorced and who did not remarry can apply for this job till the age of 35 years.
• Women entrants who fall under SC or ST group either widowed or divorced and did not remarry can apply for this job till the age of 30 years.
• The service clerks serving the last year of colour service within the armed forces can apply for this job till 45 years of age.
• SC or ST service clerks serving their last year of colour service within the armed forces can apply for this job till 50 years of age.
• A Retrenched census employee of Register General of India selected based on their merit level can enjoy age relaxation of 3 years + the years of service under census before retrenchment plus the weight of past service.

SSC Stenographer Eligibility of Educational Qualification:

• The minimum education needed for this post is the 12th standard pass or equal from any recognized board or university.
• The ministry of HR accepts all degrees, diplomas, certificates including technical education degrees or diplomas awarded by open or distance education bodies, recognized as Universities under the Act of University Grant 1956, to be eligible for the exam.
• Entrants must be able to provide all the mark sheets or certificates at the time of Doc VA. If they fail to give the relevant document they will not be hired.

Next, we will look into the level of disabilities allowed for SSC Steno Post:

SSC Stenographer Eligibility of Allowed Level of Disabilities:

Firstly, the entrants should read all the eligibility aspects before applying to the job post as they have to submit supporting docs. Above all, any failure to submit any docs during DV may lead to the rejection of the application. Check out the medical docs you need to submit if you are an entrant with a disability. Likewise, check the age limit and keep the docs handy that you need to avail yourself of age relaxation.

After you check everything read the online form with care and check the SSC Stenographer Application Process steps and fill the form as per the advice. Once you are done you must check the SSC Stenographer Notification 2021 for an overview of the exam and thereafter start studying. Likewise, for typing, there are many online typing test portals where you can type and check your accuracy. Moreover, you can also learn to write in short-hands for taking down dictations faster. Download the PDF of SSC Stenographer for more details of 2021’s exam.

SSC Stenographer Eligibility FAQs:

Author: Silki Joshi

Silki Joshi is a Content Writer with experience of 3+ years in the Edtech domain. She has mostly worked for competitive exams like Banking and SSC exams.

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