What is SSC or What does SSC Stand For?
The full form of SSC is Staff Selection Commission.
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is an important organization under the Government of India which takes care of the recruitment aspect for different posts for various ministries, departments and offices.
The Staff Selection Commission is one of the major bodies of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) which has a Chairman, two Members and a Secretary-cum-Controller of Examinations.
Go through the List of SSC Chairman from 1976 to 2026 in the given link.
The Staff Selection Commission was formerly called the Subordinate Services Commission.
SSC also stands for Secondary School Certificate. This certificate examination is conducted by various boards of education including CBSE and other state boards for 10th-grade students. However, in this article, we will provide information on the Staff Selection Commission.
Established in 1975, the SSC has been actively involved in selecting staff for various Group B and Group C posts. SSC conducts various exams to carry out the recruitment process.
Candidates can check the information on SSC recruitment in detail in the linked page.
The major exams that the Staff Selection Commission conducts are given below:
- Combined Graduate Level Exam (CGL Exam)
- Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam (CHSL Exam)
- Junior Engineer Exam (JE Exam)
- General Duty Exam for Constables (GD Exam)
- Central Police Organization Exam (CPO Exam)
- Multitasking Staff Exam (MTS Exam)
- Stenographer Exam
The minimum educational qualification for a few of these SSC exams is undergraduate (12th board ). However, most of these exams have the qualification requirement for graduation.
Aspirants of SSC exams can check the SSC Exam Pattern in detail.
- Headquarters of Staff Selection Commission- New Delhi
- Regional offices- Allahabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Chennai, Bangalore
- Official Website- ssc.nic.in