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To select eligible candidates for 3712 vacancies for Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Junior Secretariat Assistant (JSA), and Data Entry Operator (DEO) posts, Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts an annual examination known as the Combined Higher Secondary Level exam (CHSL). Those who want to get hired for these roles must fulfill certain eligibility parameters specified by SSC. Before applying, candidates should consider the SSC CHSL Eligibility 2024, which covers age limits, age relaxations educational criteria, citizenship requirements, and recommendations for physically impaired candidates.
SSC CHSL Eligibility Criteria 2024
The Staff Selection Commission is responsible for hiring 12th-pass candidates for the higher secondary posts in various departments and offices of the Indian government through a combined higher secondary level (CHSL) examination. The commission sets the SSC CHSL 2024 Eligibility for selecting candidates for different positions. The commission sets some specific parameters for meeting the eligibility requirements which are mentioned below:
- Age Limit
- Nationality
- Educational Qualification
- Physical Disabilities
SSC CHSL Age Limit 2024 (as on 01/08/2024)
The candidates who are willing to appear for the SSC CHSL 2024 must fall between 18 to 27 years of age as on 01st August 2024. Only those candidates who will fall between this age group will be allowed to further appear for the examination otherwise will directly get disqualified. Check some important points and the table given below.
- The age will be determined using the date of birth provided in the online application form and the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate. Requests for changes will not be considered.
- Candidates born not before 02-08-1997 and not later than 01-08-2006 are eligible to apply.
- An ex-call-up serviceman’s time will be counted against the service requirement for age relaxation.
| Particulars | Age |
| Minimum Age | Maximum Age |
| 18 years | 27 years |
SSC CHSL Age Relaxation 2024
The exam conducting authorities also provide some special age relaxations beyond the upper age limit for people belonging to special categories like SC/ST, OBC, etc. The table below gives the age relaxations for all the categories of people.
| Categories | Age relaxation beyond the upper age limit |
| SC/ ST | 5 years |
| OBC | 3 years |
| PwBD + Unreserved | 10 years |
| PwBD + OBC | 13 years |
| PwBD + SC/ ST | 15 years |
| Ex-Servicemen | 03 years after deducting the military service rendered from the actual age as of the closing date. |
| Candidates who were usually resident in the state of Jammu and Kashmir between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 1989. | 5 years |
| Defence personnel who are handicapped while on duty during hostilities with any foreign country or in a troubled area and are subsequently released. | 3 years |
| Defence personnel who are handicapped while on duty during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and are subsequently released (SC/ST). | 8 years |
| Central Government Civilian Employees: Who have delivered not less than three years of regular and continuous service as of the closing date for acceptance of online applications (SC/ST). | Up to 40 years of age |
| Central Government Civilian Employees: Those who have served for at least three years on a regular and continuous basis as of the closing date for online applications (SC/ST). | Up to 45 years of age |
| Women who are widowed, divorced, or judicially separated and have not remarried. | Up to 35 years of age |
| Women who are widowed, divorced, or judicially separated and have not remarried (SC/ST). | Up to 40 years of age |
SSC CHSL Education Qualification 2024 (as on 01/08/2024)
The SSC CHSL 2024 Eligibility requirements specify the basic educational qualifications that must be fulfilled by the candidates to become eligible for this post. In the table below, the educational requirements for different posts under SSC CHSL are given.
| Posts | Educational Qualifications |
| For Data Entry Operator (DEO)/ DEO Grade ‘A’ in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Ministry of Culture | Must have cleared or appeared 10+2 or its equivalent from any recognized board |
| For LDC/JSA and DEO/DEO Grade ‘A’ (except DEOs in Department/ Ministry) | Qualified: 10+2 Possessing Science Stream with Mathematics as a compulsory subject, or its equivalent from any recognized board. |
SSC CHSL Nationality 2024
Certain prerequisites of SSC CHSL eligibility 2024 for nationality must be met to be eligible for the exam. Candidates must belong to the specified nationality and provide proof of it to become eligible for the combined higher secondary level examination. Candidates must belong from one of the following nationalities to take the exam:
A candidate may be either:
- a resident of India, or
- a subject of Nepal, or
- A subject of Bhutan or
- a Tibetan refugee who moved over to India before the 1st of January, 1962, to be permanently settled in India,
- a person of Indian heritage who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the East African republics of Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, and Vietnam to permanently settle in India.
SSC CHSL Physical Disability 2024
Those with some physical disabilities such as low vision & blind, deaf or hard of hearing are also eligible to apply for LDC or DEO posts as specified in SSC CHSL Eligibility 2024, candidates can check the table below to know about other physical disabilities which are mentioned by official authorities
| Posts | Physical Disability Criteria |
| Lower Division Clerk/Junior Secret Assistant | One Arm affected, Both Arms affected, One Leg affected, and Both Legs |
| One Arm One Leg affected, Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victim, Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Deformity/Spinal Injury | |
| Low Vision & Blind | |
| Deaf, Hard of Hearing | |
| Data Entry Operator | One Arm One Leg affected, Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victim, Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Deformity/Spinal Injury |
| One Arm affected, Both Arms affected, One Leg affected, and Both Legs | |
| Deaf, Hard of Hearing | |
| Low Vision & Blind |
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