ssc chsl tier 1 (2022) Recent Notification and Tentative Exam Dates

SSC CHSL 2021-22 "Tier-I"
Official Notice

Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level Examination, 2021-22

Exam Notification, Tentative Dates, Eligibity, Essential Educational Qualifications, How to apply, Centres of Examination, Admission to the Examination:

Applicants who are willing to appear in this exam need to know and understand the latest SSC CHSL Syllabus completely with all level of examinates i.e. Tiers. This will enhance the chance of qualifying & cracking the SSC CHSL 2021-22 examination.

This article will provide all-important basic & essential pieces of information you should know before/after applying for the examination and before/after your examinations.

The detailed explainations for SSC CHSL 2021-22 exam are mentioned below:

SSC CHSL Tier-I (2021-22) "Tentative Dates"

Here the below details are tabulated of SSC CHSL 2021 as the recruitment process is yet to be completed. SSC CHSL Tier-II exam was conducted on 9th January 2022.

SSC CHSL 2022 Notification: Vacancy Details

Commission has not released the exact number of vacancies for 2022. Every year thousands of vacancies are filled by SSC in Government departments. SSC will soon release the notification to disclose the SSC CHSL Vacancy 2022.

For your verification previous vacancy details where SSC has released 4893 Vacancies in various departments of the government of India through SSC CHSL Examination 2019-20. Check the below-given table for vacancy details.

SSC CHSL Tier-1 Previous Years Cut Off

SSC CHSL exam will come with its own set of challenges in the difficulty level of the exam. As there has been adrift in the type of questions asked, one must be well aware of the SSC CHSL cut-off for previous years.

In SSC CHSL 2018, a total of 45101 candidates were qualified in Tier 1 to appear for the Tier 2 exam. Also, check the cut-off given below:

Post-Wise Previous Years Cut Off Marks of Candidates Appeared For SSC CHSL Tier I 2018 Exam

SSC CHSL Eligibility Criteria 2021-22

The eligibility criteria for SSC CHSL can be divided into the following three categories:

1. Nationality of applicants
2. Age limit of the applicants
3. Educational Qualification

1. Nationality/ Citizenship

A candidate must be either:

1. a citizen of India, or
2. a subject of Nepal, or
3. a subject of Bhutan, or
4. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
5. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling 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/her by the Government of India.

2. Age Limit:

Age limit for the posts is 18-27 years as on 01-01-2022 i.e. Candidates born not before 02-01-1995 and not later than 01-01-2004 are eligible to apply.

Permissible relaxation in upper age limit for different categories are as under:

• Date of birth filled by candidate in the online application form and the same recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate will be accepted by the Commission for determining the age and no subsequent request for change will be considered or granted.

• Ex-Servicemen who have already secured employment in civil side under Government in Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ posts on regular basis after availing of the benefits of reservation given to ex-servicemen for their re-employment are not eligible for reservation in ESM category and fee concession. However, such candidates can avail of the benefit of reservation as ex-serviceman for subsequent employment if he (hereinafter may be read as ‘he/ she’) immediately after joining civil employment, has given self-declaration/ undertaking to the concerned employer about the date-wise details of applications for various vacancies for which he had applied for before joining the initial civil employment as mentioned in the OM No. 36034/1/2014-Estt (Res) dated 14th August 2014 issued by DoP&T.

• The period of "Call up Service" of an Ex-Serviceman in the Armed Forces shall also be treated as service rendered in the Armed Forces for purpose of age relaxation as per rules.

• For any serviceman of the three Armed Forces of the Union to be treated as ExServiceman for the purpose of securing the benefits of reservation, he must have already acquired, at the relevant time of submitting his (hereinafter may be read as ‘his/ her’) application for the Post/ Service the status of ex-servicemen or is in a position to establish his acquired entitlement by documentary evidence from the competent authority that he would complete specified term of engagement from the Armed Forces within the stipulated period of one year from the closing date for receipt of applications. Such candidates must also acquire the status of an ex-serviceman within the stipulated period of one year from the closing date of receipt of application.

• Explanation: An ‘ex-serviceman’ means a person:

• Who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-combatant in the Regular Army, Navy or Air Force of the Indian Union, and

1. who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such service whether at his own request or being relieved by the employer after earning his or her pension; or
2. who has been relieved from such service on medical grounds attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or
3. who has been released from such service as a result of reduction in establishment; or

• who has been released from such service after completing the specific period of engagement, otherwise than at his own request, or by way of dismissal, or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given a gratuity, and includes personnel of the Territorial Army namely, pension holders for continuous embodies service or broken spells of qualifying service; or

• personnel of the Army Postal Service who are part of Regular Army and retired from the Army Postal Service without reversion to their parent service with pension, or are released from the Army Postal service on medical grounds attributable to or aggravated by military service or circumstance beyond their control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or

• Personnel, who were on deputation in Army Postal Service for more than six months prior to the 14th April, 1987; or

• Gallantry award winners of the Armed forces including personnel of Territorial Army; or

• Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted medical disability pension. 6.8 A matriculate Ex-Serviceman (which includes an Ex-Serviceman, who has obtained the Indian Army Special Certificate of education or corresponding certificate in the Navy or the Air Force), who has put in not less than 15 years of service as on closing date of receipt of applications with the Armed Forces of the Union shall be considered eligible for appointment to the Group ‘C’ posts against posts reserved for ESM only. Thus, those matriculate Ex-Servicemen who have not completed 15 years of service as on the closing date for receipt of applications are not eligible for these posts.

• Age relaxation is not admissible to sons, daughters and dependents of ExServicemen. Therefore, such candidates should not indicate their category as exservicemen.

3. Essential Educational Qualifications (As on 01-01-2021): for SSC CHSL 2021-22:

✿ For LDC/ JSA, PA/ SA, DEO (except DEOs in C&AG): Candidates must have passed 12th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized Board or University.

✿ For Data Entry Operator (DEO Grade ‘A’) in the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG): 12th Standard pass in Science stream with Mathematics as a subject from a recognized Board or equivalent.

✿ As per the Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated 10-06-2015 published in Gazette of India all the degrees/ diplomas /certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode of education by the Universities established by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the University Grant Commission Act, 1956 and Institutions of National Importance declared under an Act of Parliament stand automatically recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the Central Government provided they have been approved by the Distance Education Bureau, University Grants Commission. Accordingly, unless such degrees are recognized for the relevant period when the candidates acquired the qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational Qualification.

✿ As per UGC (Open and Distance Learning) Regulations, 2017 published in official Gazette on 23-06-2017, under Part-III (8) (v), the programmes in engineering, medicine, dental, nursing, pharmacy, architecture and physiotherapy etc. are not permitted to be offered under Open and Distance Learning mode. However, pursuant to the Hon’ble Supreme Court Order dated 11-03-2019 in MA No. 3092/2018 in W.P. (C) No. 382/2018 titled Mukul Kumar Sharma & others Vs AICTE and others, B. Tech. degree/ diploma in Engineering awarded by IGNOU to the students who were enrolled up to the academic year 2009-10 shall be treated as valid, wherever applicable.

✿ Candidates who have not yet acquired but will acquire the educational qualification and produce documentary evidence from the Board/University in support thereof as of 01-01-2021 will also be eligible.

✿ All candidates who are declared qualified for the Document Verification will be required to produce the relevant Certificates such as Mark sheets, Provisional Certificates etc. for completion of Intermediate/ Higher Secondary/ 10+2/ Senior Secondary in original as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on or before 01-01-2021, failing which the candidature of such candidates 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 cut-off date and he/ she has been declared passed, will also be considered to meet the educational qualification. It is reiterated that the result of the required educational qualification must have been declared by the Board/ University by the specified date. Mere processing of the result by the Board/ University by the crucial cut-off date does not fulfil the EQ requirement.

✿ In case of the candidates possessing equivalent educational qualification, such candidates shall also produce relevant Equivalence Certificate from the concerned authorities at the time of Document Verification. However, the final decision regarding the selection of such candidates will be taken by the concerned User Departments/ Appointing Authorities.

How to apply for SSC CHSL 2021-22:

➔ Applications must be submitted in only online mode at the official website of SSC Headquarters i.e. https://ssc.nic.in. For detailed instructions, please refer to Annexure-III and Annexure-IV. Sample proforma of One-time Registration and online Application Form is attached as Annexure-IIIA and Annexure-IVA respectively.

➔ In the online Application Form, candidates are required to upload the scanned colour passport size photograph in JPEG format (20 KB to 50 KB). The photograph should not be more than three months old from the date of publication of the Notice of Examination, and, the date on which the photograph has been taken should be clearly printed on the photograph. Applications without such date printed on the photograph will be rejected. Image dimension of the photograph should be about 3.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height). The photograph should be without a cap, spectacles and both ears should be visible.

➔ The last date and time for submission of online applications are 15-12-2020 (23:30).

➔ Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online applications much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.

➔ The Commission will not be responsible for the candidates not being able to submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the Commission.

➔ Before submission of the online application, candidates must check that they have filled correct details in each field of the form. After submission of the online application form, no change/ correction/ modification will be allowed under any circumstances. Requests received in this regard in any form like Post, Fax, Email, by hand, etc. shall not be entertained.

List of Examination Centres for upcoming SSC CHSL 2021-22:

A candidate must indicate the Centre (s) in the online Application Form in which he/ she desires to take the examination. Details about the Examination Centres and Regional Offices under whose jurisdiction these Examination Centres are located are as follows:

A candidate has to give option for three centres, in the order of priority, within the same region. No request for change of Centre will be considered later under any circumstances. Hence, the candidates should select the centers, carefully and indicate the same correctly in their applications

The Commission will endeavour to accommodate the candidates in centers opted by them. However, 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.

Admission to the Examination: for SSC CHSL 2021-22:

1. All candidates who register themselves in response to this advertisement by the closing date and time and whose applications are found to be in order and are provisionally accepted by the Commission as per the terms and conditions of the Notice of Examination will be assigned Roll numbers and issued Admission Certificates (AC) for appearing in the Computer Based Examination (Tier-I). Subsequently, qualified candidates will be issued Admission Certificates for the next stages of the Examination.
2. The Commission will not undertake detailed scrutiny of applications for the eligibility and other aspects at the time of written examination and, therefore, the candidature will be accepted only provisionally. Candidates are advised to go through the requirements of educational qualification, age, physical and medical standards etc. and satisfy themselves that they are eligible for the post (s). Copies of supporting documents will be sought at the time of Document Verification. When scrutiny is undertaken, if any claim made in the Application Form is not found substantiated, the candidature will be cancelled and the Commission’s decision shall be final.
3. Admission Certificates for the Examination will be uploaded on the website of the concerned Regional Office of the Commission. Admission Certificate will not be issued by post for any stage of examination. Candidates are therefore advised to regularly visit the websites of the Commission Headquarters (i.e. https://ssc.nic.in) and concerned Regional Office of the Commission under whose jurisdiction the examination centres opted by the candidate are located (details at para-12.1) for updates and information about the examination.
4. Information about the Examination indicating the time table and City/ Centre of examination for candidates will be uploaded on the websites of the concerned Regional Offices of the Commission about two weeks before the date of examination. If any candidate does not find his detail on the website of the Commission one week before the date of examination, he must immediately contact the concerned Regional Office of the Commission with proof of having submitted his application. Failure to do so will deprive him of any claim for consideration.
5. Candidates must write their Registration-ID, registered Email-ID and Mobile Number along with their name, date of birth and name of the examination, while addressing any communication to the Commission. Communication from the candidate not furnishing these particulars shall not be entertained.
6. Facility for download of Admission Certificates will be available about3-7 days before the examination on the website of the concerned Regional Office. Candidates must bring a printout of the Admission Certificate to the Examination Hall.
7. In addition to the Admission Certificate, it is mandatory to carry at least two passport size recent colour photographs, Original valid Photo-ID proof having the Date of Birth as printed on the Admission Certificate, such as:
   1. Aadhaar Card/ Printout of E-Aadhaar,
   2. Voter’s ID Card,
   3. Driving License,
   4. PAN Card,
   5. Passport,
   6. ID Card issued by University/ College/ School,
   7. Employer ID Card (Govt./ PSU),
   8. Ex-serviceman Discharge Book issued by the Ministry of Defence.
   9. Any other photo-bearing valid ID card issued by the Central/ State Government.
8. If Photo Identity Card does not have the date of birth printed on it then the candidate must carry an additional original document (e.g. Matriculation Certificate, Marks Sheet issued only by CBSE/ ICSE/ State Boards; Birth Certificate, Category Certificate) as proof of their date of birth. In case of a mismatch in the date of birth mentioned in the Admission Certificate and photo ID/ Certificate brought in support of the date of birth, the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the examination.
9. PwD candidates using the facility of scribes as per Para 8.2 and 8.4 shall also be required to carry the required Medical Certificate/ Undertaking/ Photocopy of the Scribe’s Photo ID Proof, as specified therein. Candidates without these documents will not be allowed to appear in the examination.
10. Any other document mentioned in the Admission Certificate shall also be carried by the candidates while appearing in the Examination.
11. Applications with blurred photograph and/ or signature will be rejected.

Refer: Get complete Subject materials & Practice tests as per all sections provided in the SSC CHSL 2021-22 syllabus.