STENOGRAPHERS GRADE ‘C’ & ‘D’ EXAMINATION, 2015

STAFF SELECTION COMMISION 

NOTICE STENOGRAPHERS (GRADE ‘C’ & ‘D’) EXAMINATION, 2015 

Staff Selection Commission will hold on Sunday, the 27th December 2015, an All India Open Competitive Examination for recruitment to the posts of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ ( Group ‘B’ Non-Gazetted ) and Stenographer Grade ‘D’(Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted). Candidates having required skills in stenography as explained in Para 11 (2) only need to apply. 

KEY DATES

Date of Exam: 27-12-2015 

Closing Date : 07-09-2015 

Vacancies: 1064

(a) Tentative vacancies for Stenographer Grade ‘C’: 50 (UR-28,SC-05,ST-08,OBC-09) 

(b) Tentative vacancies for Stenographer Grade’D’:1014 (UR-642,SC-113,ST-61, OBC-198) 

(c) Vacancies of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ are in Ministries/Departments of Central Government, located mostly in Delhi. 

(d) Vacancies of Stenographer Grade ‘D’ are for Ministries/Departments of Central Government including Attached/Subordinate offices located in States and Union Territories all over the country. 

Reservation: 

Reservation for SC/ST/OBC/ExS/PH i.e. (Persons with disability (PWD)/ etc. categories is available as per extant Govt. Orders. The posts have been identified suitable for the persons suffering from disabilities of forty percent (40%) and above of One Arm (OA), One Leg (OL), Both Legs(BL), Partially Blind(PB) and Blind(B).

Age Limit:

18-27 years as on 01.08.2015 (Candidates born not before 02-08-1988 and not later than 01-08-1997). A Relaxations will be given as per norms.

Qualifying Date-

All candidates who are called for appearing at the Skill Test will be required to produce the relevant Certificate in Original such as Mark sheets, Provisional Certificate, etc. as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before 01.08.2015 failing which the candidature of such candidate will be cancelled by the Commission. The candidates who are able to prove, by documentary evidence that the result of the qualifying examination was declared on or before the cutoff date and he/she has been declared passed, will also be considered to have the required Educational Qualification. 

How to apply: 

Applications must be submitted only in the prescribed format (AnnexureI) On-line or by Post. Detailed instructions as in Annexure – II A or Annexure – II B, may be referred to for postal applications and on-line applications respectively. 

Application fee: 

Payment of application fee is exempted for all women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Persons with disability and Ex- servicemen eligible for reservation, as per Government orders. The candidates submitting application offline (paper mode) should pay the fee of Rs 100/- (Rupees one hundred only) by means of “Central Recruitment Fee Stamps (CRFS)”only. 

Recruitment Fee Stamps should be pasted on the application form in the space earmarked for the purpose and got cancelled from the Counter of Post Office of issue with the date stamp of the Issuing Post Office in such a manner that the impression of the cancellation stamp partially overflows on the Application Form itself, taking care at the same time that the impression is clear and distinct to facilitate the identification of date and Post Office of issue at any subsequent stage. 

After getting the Recruitment Fee Stamps cancelled from the Post Office, the candidate must submit their application to the concerned Regional Office/Sub Regional Offices of the Commission in the usual manner after completing other formalities. Application with CRFS not cancelled by the post office will be rejected outright. As Department of Posts is in the process of phasing out CRF stamps, and there may be shortage of CRF stamps, candidates are advised to apply on-line. The candidates submitting application online (computer based) should pay the fee of Rs 100/- (Rupees one hundred only) by means of SBI Challan or Online payment through Net banking or any credit/debit cards. 

Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances. Fee paid by modes other than CRFS for off-line applications and other than through SBI Challan /Net banking/ any credit and debit cards as indicated above in case of online application will not be accepted and the applications of such candidates will be rejected forthright and the payment made shall stand forfeited. Candidates submitting their application online shall make their payment through the State Bank of India as per instructions (AnnexureII B). 

Centres of Examination: 

A candidate must carefully indicate the centre in the Application Form in respect of the Examination. 

A candidate must submit his/her application only to the concerned Regional/Sub Regional Office of the Commission under whose jurisdiction the Centre selected by him / her falls. Application received in any other Regional/Sub Regional Office of the Commission will be rejected summarily. 

No request for change of Centre of Examination will be entertained. The Commission reserves the right to cancel any Centre and ask the candidates of that centre to appear from another centre. Commission also reserves the right to divert candidates of any centre to some other Centre to take the examination. 

Scheme of Examination: 

The examination will consist of a written examination and skill test in stenography. 

THE SKILL TEST WILL BE OF QUALIFYING NATURE and the Commission will fix the qualifying standards in the skill test for different categories of candidates. The candidates will have to appear for the stenography test. The candidates will be given one dictation for 10 minutes in English / Hindi at the speed of 100 w.p.m. for the post of Stenographer Grade ‘C’ and 80 w.p.m. for the post of Stenographer Grade ‘D’. The matter will have to be transcribed on computer only. The evaluation of transcription will be done electronically only. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. For Stenographer Grade ‘D’ : 50 minutes ( English ) 65 minutes ( Hindi ) For Stenographer Grade ‘C’: 40 minutes ( English ) 55 Minutes ( Hindi ) 

For more information and to apply online visit the official website www.ssc.nic.in