SSC Stenographer 2025 Notification (29 July), Exam Date, Selection Process

The SSC Stenographer Exam is organized every year by SSC or Staff Selection Commission to select candidates for the posts of Stenographer Grades C and D. The selection is conducted through a Computer-based Based Test and Skill Test conducted by the Staff Selection Commission. Candidates who are interested in SSC Stenographer 2025 Exam, they have to submit their applications online at www.ssc.gov.in for which the registration window will be opened from 29th July to 21st August 2025. Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will announce the number o6 vacancies to be filled for Grade C and Grade D Stenographer posts. 

SSC Stenographer Notification 2025

Staff Selection Commission of India (SSC) will release the official SSC Stenographer Notification 2025 pdf for 2006 Grade C and D vacancies with all the important details regarding the recruitment drive on 29th July 2025. The SSC Stenographer recruitment process will be started with the release of detailed notification. Click on the below link to download SSC Stenographer Notification PDF for last year and go through the details before the new notification is uploaded at www.ssc.gov.in. 

SSC Stenographer 2024 Notification PDF- Click to Download

SSC Stenographer 2025- Exam Summary

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will begin to recruit eligible candidates for the Grade C & D Stenographers posts through the CBT & Skill Test. Check the exam summary for the SSC Stenographer 2025 Exam from the below table.

SSC Stenographer 2025 Important Dates

SSC Stenographer Notification 2025 will be released in 29th July 2025 along with complete details for the recruitment drive. The SSC Stenographer Apply Online 2025 process will be opened from 29th July 2025 onwards and the exam will be held in October-November 2025. Refer to the below table to know the complete schedule for the SSC Stenographer 2025 Exam.

SSC Stenographer Vacancy 2025

SSC will release the total vacancies for SSC Stenographer Group C and Group D posts along with SSC Stenographer Notification 2025. Last year 2000 vacancies were filled through SSC Stenographer Exam. The past year's trend for SSC Stenographer vacancies has been discussed here.  

SSC Stenographer 2025 Online Application Form

SSC will start accepting Online Applications for SSC Stenographer 2025 exam along with its notification from 29th July 2025. The Last date to apply online for SSC Stenographer Recruitment 2025 will be 21st August 2025. All candidates can check all details for SSC Stenographer 2025 Grade C and D Apply Online by clicking on the link provided below.

Click Here for SSC Stenographer Apply Online 2025 Details

SSC Stenographer 2025 Application Fee

The application Fee for SSC Stenographer 2025 is Rs. 100/- (for General and OBC). Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD/Ex-servicemen category as well as female candidates are exempted from paying the application fee for SSC Stenographer 2025. 

How to Apply Online for SSC Stenographer 2025?

1. Click on the official link for SSC Stenographer which is provided above on this page or Go to the official website of SSC (https://ssc.gov.in/).
2. The registration link for SSC Stenographer 2025 will open up in the new window.
3. Click on the New User/Register Now link.
4. To begin with the SSC Stenographer Apply Online 2025, a candidate needs to provide basic details of themselves like name, parents' name, date of birth, email ID, mobile number etc.
5. Click on the submit button to submit your online registration form for SSC Stenographer 2025. It is advised that candidates verify their details before submitting the form. All the candidates will be issued a Registration ID for SSC Stenographer Recruitment 2025 exam.
6. Candidates are required to log in with the provided Registration ID, date of birth and password to complete registration for SSC Stenographer 2025.
7. In the next step, candidates are required to upload photographs and signatures by following the requisites mentioned by the Staff Selection Commission of India.
8. Log in with a registered ID and password to complete Part II of the application form for SSC Stenographer 2025.
9. After filling out the application form, candidates must preview the entire application of SSC Stenographer once to look for any glitches in the form, if any as the application form once submitted cannot be edited again.
10. Click on the Final Submit button after previewing the complete online SSC Stenographer application form and pay the required application fee.
11. It is advised that Candidates download and get print copies of the submitted application form for SSC Stenographer.

Photograph - The photograph of a candidate must be clicked in front of a white color or light-colored background. The size of the photograph must be more than 4 kb and less than 12 kb in size. The resolution of the photograph must be 100*120 pixels in width and height.

Signature - The signature provided by the candidate must be in black or blue ink on the white sheet. The scanned copy of the signature that needs to be submitted must be in jpg format and it should be more than 1 kb and less than 12 kb in size. The resolution of the image should be 40*60 pixels in width and height.

SSC Stenographer 2025 Eligibility Criteria

There are important criteria that a candidate must fulfil to be eligible for the SSC Stenographer 2025. The parameters are given below:

SSC Stenographer Educational Qualification

The minimum Educational Qualification required by a candidate is to be at least a 12th pass from a recognized Board or University. He/She must be able to produce the required documents when asked for verification after qualifying SSC Stenographer 2025 Exam.

SSC Stenographer Age Limit

SSC Stenographer Grade C: A candidate must lie in the age domain of 18-30 years to be eligible for SSC Stenographer 2025 Grade C Exam. The candidates born not before 02.08.1994 and not later than 01.08.2006 are eligible to apply.

SSC Stenographer Grade D: A candidate must lie in the age domain of 18-27 years to be eligible for SSC Stenographer 2025 Grade D Exam.  Candidates born not before 02.08.1998 and not later than 01.08.2007 are eligible to apply.

Nationality

A candidate must be either:
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam to permanently settle in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.

SSC Stenographer 2025 Selection Process

The SSC Stenographer 2025 examination will be conducted at 2 different levels. The first level is the Grade C and D exam which comprises MCQs and is conducted online. After this exam has been conducted, an exam to test your skill sets in various domains is conducted by SSC.

• Computer Based Exam
• Skill Test (Stenography)

SSC Stenographer 2025 Exam Pattern

The SSC Stenographer 2025 examination will be conducted in 2 different levels. The first level is Grade C and D exam which comprises of MCQs and is conducted online. After this exam has been conducted, an exam to test your skill sets in various domains is conducted by SSC.

a) The details of the Computer Based Examination for SSC Stenographer 2025 Grade C and D are mentioned below:

Important Points:

a) Question paper will be of Objective Type Multiple Choice. Questions will be set in Hindi and English except for Part III.

There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the question.

SSC Stenographer Minimum Qualifying Marks

The minimum percentage of marks for qualifying in the SSC Stenographer Computer Based Examination will be as under:

• Unreserved Category: 30%
• OBC/EWS: 25%
• All Other Categories: 20%

Skill Test in Stenography

Candidates who obtain the qualifying marks in the Examination as may be prescribed by the Commission will be called for the Skill Test. The commission may also prescribe qualifying marks in each part of the Examination. 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 Skill Test in Stenography. The candidates will be given one dictation for 10 minutes in English/ Hindi at the speed of 100 words per minute (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 a computer. The transcription time is as follows:

Important Points:

• Candidates who opt to take the Stenography Test in Hindi will be required to learn English Stenography and vice versa after their appointment, failing which their probation may not be cleared by appointing departments. Candidates have to work as English/ Hindi stenographers as per the functional requirement of the User Office irrespective of the medium of Skill Test of the candidate during the examination.
• The skill test will be held at the Commission’s Regional/ Sub Regional Offices or at other Centre(s) as may be decided by the Commission.
• Detailed instructions regarding Skill Test will be sent by the concerned Regional/ Sub Regional Offices of the Commission to the candidates called for the Skill Test.

SSC Stenographer 2025 Syllabus

The syllabus for SSC Stenographer is different for both the stages of examination and students must know the entire syllabus in order to prepare effectively for SSC Stenographer 2025. General Awareness, General Intelligence/Reasoning and English Language are the three major sections a candidate need to proficient in for Paper-1 of SSC Stenographer 2025 Exam.

SSC Stenographer Syllabus 2025- Click to Check

SSC Stenographer 2025 Salary

All the provisionally appointed candidates for Stenographer Grade ‘C’ (Group ‘B’, NonGazetted) and Stenographer Grade ‘D’ (Group ‘C’) posts will be paid an attractive monthly salary. Along with basic salary, various allowances (including Dearness Allowance and House Rent Allowance), and deductions (such as Provident Fund and Income Tax) will also be provided.

SSC Stenographer Salary Structure- Click to Check

SSC Stenographer 2025 Admit Card

The admit card for SSC Stenographer 2025 will be released on ssc.gov.in. The admit card for SSC Stenographer 2025 CBT Exam & Skill Test will be issued separately. All candidates can download the admit card for SSC Stenographer Exam by using their registration number & password.

SSC Stenographer 2025 Result

The results for SSC Stenographer 2025 will be released after each phase of the exam is completed. The result for CBT exam will be declared first followed by the final result (CBT + Skill Test). The final merit list will be based on the marks obtained by candidates in the mains exam. 

SSC Stenographer 2025 Cut-Off

The Cut-Off for SSC Stenographer 2025 will be declared once the result for the same has been announced by Staff Selection Commission of India. To get an insight into the upcoming SSC Stenographer Cut-Off 2025, let's have a look at the previous year cut-off for the exam.

Click Here to Check SSC Stenographer Cut-Off [Previous Year]