SSC CHSL Eligibility 2025 for the Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination-2025. This article provides information on the minimum and maximum age limits, as well as age restrictions for certain categories, nationality or physical disabilities.
SSC CHSL Eligibility 2025 Check Now Detailed Eligibility Criteria
Staff Selection Commission will conduct a CHSL exam in two levels to select candidates for the vacancies of Lower Division Clerks (LDC), Junior Secretariat Assistants (JSA) and Data Entry Operators (DEO). SSC has specified certain criteria for those who wish to be hired in these positions.
Online registration will begin on www.ssc.gov.in from the 27th of May until 25th of June 2025. Candidates should read the SSC CHSL eligibility 2025 before applying. It covers age restrictions, age relaxations, educational criteria, citizenship requirements and recommendations for candidates with physical disabilities.
SSC CHSL Eligibility 2025
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is responsible for selecting candidates who have passed the 12th grade for higher secondary positions in different departments and offices within the Indian Government through the combined higher secondary level examination.
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SSC CHSL Eligibility is the criteria set by the commission for candidates to be selected for various positions. The Commission sets specific criteria for eligibility, which are listed below.
- Age Limit
- Nationality
- Education Qualification
- Disability
SSC CHSL Age Limit 2025
Candidates who wish to take the CHSL 2025 examination must be between the ages of 18 and 27. Please check the following table and some important details.
- The age will be determined using the date of birth provided in the online application form and the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate. Change requests will not be taken into consideration.
- Candidates who were born between 02-08-1998 – 01-08-2007 can apply.
- The time of an ex-call up serviceman will be deducted from the required service for age relaxation.
| Particulars | Age |
| Minimum Age | Maximum Age |
| 18 years | 27 years |
Age Relaxation for SSC CHSL 2025
Examining authorities may also grant special age concessions for people who belong to special categories, such as SC/ST or OBC. Below is a table that shows the age relaxations applicable to all categories.
| 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 Jammu and Kashmir between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 1989. | 5 years |
| Defense personnel who are handicapped while on duty during hostilities with any foreign country or in a troubled area and are subsequently released. | 3 years |
| Defense 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 |
Education Qualification 2025
SSC CHSL Eligibility requirements 2025 specifies the basic educational qualifications candidates must meet to be eligible for this position. The table below shows the educational requirements of the different posts in SSC CHSL.
| 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. |
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Nationality
To be eligible to take the exam, you must meet certain requirements of SSC CHSL 2025 eligibility for nationality. To be eligible to take the combined higher secondary examination, candidates must have the required nationality. To take the combined higher secondary level examination, candidates must be of one of the following nationalities:
Candidates can be:
- A resident of India or
- A subject of Nepal or
- Bhutan or
- A Tibetan refugee who has moved to India prior to the 1st January 1962 to settle permanently in India.
- A person of Indian descent who has permanently settled in India after migrating from Burma (Burma), Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the East African Republics of Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania Uganda, Zaire Ethiopia, Zambia Malawi and Vietnam.
Combined Higher Secondary Level Physical Disability 2025
As per the SSC CHSL 2025 Eligibility, those with disabilities like low vision, blindness, or deafness or hard of hearing can also apply for LDC and DEO positions. Candidates can consult the table below to find out about other disabilities that are mentioned by officials.
| 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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