SSC Stenographer

The notice gives approximately 731 tentative vacancies and says the Commission is still collecting vacancies from user departments. It does not print a post-wise or category-wise split; updated post-wise and category-wise vacancies are to be published later on the SSC website, so check that list before filling your preferences.

Vacancies for ex-servicemen are reserved only in the Group 'C' post, that is, Stenographer Grade 'D'.

Stenographer Grade 'C' is a Group 'B', non-gazetted post and Stenographer Grade 'D' is a Group 'C' post. Both are filled in various ministries, departments and organisations of the central government, including their attached offices.

The notice does not print a pay level or pay scale for either post, so none is shown here. Confirm the pay level with the user department or a later official notice before relying on any figure.

Age is counted on 1 August 2026. Grade 'C' has a wider band of 18–30 years; Grade 'D' allows 18–27 years. A candidate who is 28 on that date can still apply for Grade 'C' but not for Grade 'D' (before any relaxation).

You need a 12th standard or equivalent pass from a recognised board or university, held on or before 1 August 2026. If you are awaiting your result, it must actually be declared by that date and you must be able to show this with documents; the notice says mere processing of the result by the board does not meet the requirement.

You must be a citizen of India, or a subject of Nepal or Bhutan, or a person of Indian origin who migrated from one of the countries listed in the notice with the intention of settling permanently in India. Candidates in the last three groups need a certificate of eligibility from the Government of India.

The computer-based examination has 200 objective multiple-choice questions for 200 marks in 2 hours, with sectional timers of 30 minutes each for Parts I and II and 60 minutes for Part III. Questions are set in English and Hindi, and each wrong answer costs 0.25 marks. Candidates eligible for a scribe get 2 hours 40 minutes (40 + 40 + 80 minutes).

Where the exam runs in several shifts, marks are normalised using the procedure SSC published in its notice of 2 June 2025, and the normalised scores decide merit and cut-offs.

To be considered, you must reach the minimum qualifying marks in the computer-based exam: 30% for UR, 25% for OBC and EWS, and 20% for all other categories. Candidates are then shortlisted category-wise for the skill test on the basis of their marks.

The skill test carries no marks. Candidates who qualify it are considered for allocation and final selection on the basis of their computer-based exam merit, and posts and departments are allotted on merit-cum-preference from the online option form.

The notice describes the syllabus in short paragraphs rather than long topic lists. English Language and Comprehension carries half of the total marks, so it deserves the most time.

Shortlisted candidates take one 10-minute dictation in English or Hindi, in the language they opted for in the application form. The speed is 100 words per minute for Grade 'C' and 80 words per minute for Grade 'D'. You then transcribe the matter on a computer within the time shown below.

Candidates who take the skill test in one language must learn stenography in the other language after appointment; the notice warns that otherwise probation may not be cleared.

The skill test is mandatory but qualifying. The Commission fixes category-wise qualifying standards for each post; the notice does not print the permitted errors and points to the standard evaluation instructions in the 'For Candidates' section of the SSC website.

Document verification is done by the user departments and organisations after the final result is declared.