SSC Stenographer Exam Official Notification 2025 was announced officially on the Staff Selection Commission’s (SSC) website for the recruitment to to the posts of Stenographer Grade C and D in various ministries/departments/organisations of the Indian Government on 6 June 2025. Interested candidates can find about the SSC Stenographer Official Notification 2025, SSC Stenographer Exam Date 2025, SSC Stenographer Vacancies 2025, SSC Stenographer Eligibility 2025 and SSC Stenographer Exam Pattern 2025 here in this blog article from Veranda RACE. Candidates can apply for this SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 from 6 June 2025 until 26 June 2025 on the SSC Official Website (https://ssc.gov.in/). The SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 is scheduled to be tentatively held from 6 Aug 2025 to 11 Aug 2025.
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts the SSC Stenographer Post Exam regularly for the direct recruitment to posts of Stenographer Grade C (Group B, Non-Gazetted) and Grade D (Group C) in various ministries/departments/organisations including their attached officers, subordinate offices and statutory bodies of the Indian Government in various states and union territories.
The SSC Stenographer Exam opens the grand way into a career with the Indian Government for candidates who have skills in stenography. Many SSC exam and Central Government exam aspirants prepare for the SSC Stenographer Exam to kickstart their career as Stenographer Grade C or Stenographer Grade D in various departments, organisations and ministries of the Indian Government. Since, SSC Stenographer Exam selects candidates for Group B and Group C job with the various ministries, departments and organisations of the Indian Government, this exam holds a very promising hope for the SSC and Central Govt. aspirants to obtain a Central Government job with the Indian Government.
Also, any candidate who have passed Class 12 or equivalent examination can attend the SSC Stenographer Exam. This is also one of the reasons why many of the Government Exam aspirants eye this exam.
In the newly released SSC Stenographer Recruitment Official Notification PDF announced by the Staff Selection Commission on 6 June 2025, the detailed SSC Stenographer Vacancies 2025, SSC Stenographer Age Limit 2025, SSC Stenographer Exam Eligibility 2025, SSC Stenographer Important Dates 2025, SSC Stenographer Exam Pattern 2025, SSC Stenographer Syllabus 2025, SSC Stenographer Selection Process and SSC Stenographer Salary 2025 are provided in detail. Interested SSC exam candidates can find further detailed information on the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 here in this Veranda RACE SSC blog/website.
The SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 is a national-level computer-based exam conducted regularly by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) to directly recruit eligible candidates for the posts of Stenographer Grade C and Grade D in various ministries/departments/organisation of the Indian Government located in various states and union territories.
The SSC Stenographer Exam Official Notification PDF 2025 for the recruitment of Stenographer Grade C and Grade D posts with the Advertisement No. F.No.: E/16/2025-C-2 was officially released by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on 6 June 2025 on the official SSC website (https://ssc.gov.in/).
A total of 261 Stenographer vacancies have been announced through this SSC Stenographer Exam Official Notification PDF 2025.
Candidates can start applying for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 from 6 June 2025. The last date to apply or submit the online application for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 for the direct recruitment of 261 Stenographer Vacancies 2025 is 26 June 2025.
Candidates who are interested and eligible to apply for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 and for the direct recruitment to Stenographer Grade C and Grade D posts in various ministries, departments and organisations of the Indian Government can find the complete overview of the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Official Notification below in this Veranda RACE SSC blog post:
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025: Overview | |
Recruitment Commission | Staff Selection Commission (SSC) |
Exam Name | SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 |
Posts | Stenographer Grade C (Non-Gazetted) Stenographer Grade D |
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Notification Release Date | 6 June 2025 |
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Online Application Start Date | 6 June 2025 |
Last Date to Apply for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 | 26 June 2025 (11.00 PM) |
Last Date for Online Fee Payment for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 | 27June 2025 (11.00 PM) |
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Online Application Form Correction Window | 1 July 2025 to 2 July 2025 (up to 11.00 PM) |
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 | 6 August 2025 to 11 August 2025 |
Declaration of SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Results | To be notified later |
Total SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Vacancies | 261 Stenographer Grade C and Grade D vacancies |
Exam Application Mode | Online |
Official Website |
The SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF was officially released by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on its official website on 6 June 2025. Interested and eligible SSC Stenographer candidates can find the SSC Stenographer Exam Important Dates 2025 related to SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 here in this Veranda RACE SSC blog post:
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025: Important Dates | |
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Official Notification Release Date | 6 June 2025 |
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Online Application Start Date | 6 June 2025 |
Last Date to Apply for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 | 26 June 2025 (11.00 PM) |
Last Date for Online Fee Payment for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 | 27 June 2025 (11.00 PM) |
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Online Application Form Correction Window | 1 July 2025 to 2 June 2025 (11.00 PM) |
SSC Stenographer Computer Based Exam Date 2025 | 6 August 2025 to 11 August 2025 |
The exam dates for the SSC Stenographer Computer Based Exam 2025 will be conducted from 6 August 2025 to 11 August 2025 as mentioned in the SSC Revised Exam Calendar 2025 PDF.
Candidates can check the Veranda RACE website or blog to know further updates about the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Computer Based Exam Updates when they are announced officially by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC).
To view the SSC Revised Exam Calendar PDF, check this Veranda RACE SSC blog post:
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has officially started the SSC Stenographer Online Application process for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025. Eligible candidates who wish to apply for the posts of Stenographer Grade C and Stenographer Grade D in the Indian Government can submit their SSC Stenographer Exam Online Application 2025 from 6 June 2025 to 26 June 2025 (11.00 PM) on the SSC official website.
To complete the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Apply Online process, eligible candidates must visit the official SSC website and navigate to the Exams section.
Candidates can start applying for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 from 6 June 2025. They can also find the direct link to apply for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 here in Veranda RACE website.
The SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF released by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is mainly for the direct recruitment to the posts of Stenographer Grade C and Stenographer Grade D in various ministries, departments and organisations of the Indian Government located in various states and union territories.
The number of SSC Stenographer Exam Vacancies 2025 was officially announced in the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF. A total of 261 Stenographer Grade C and Grade D Vacancies 2025 was announced by the SSC in the SSC Stenographer Exam Official Notification 2025 PDF.
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025: Vacancies | |
Name of the Post | Vacancies |
Stenographer Grade C & Stenographer Grade D | 261 |
The detailed vacancies, with post-wise and category-wise vacancies, will be posted as a separate blog post in Veranda RACE blog, once it is officially announced by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). Candidates are advised to keep an eye to check out the detailed SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Vacancies List for 261 Vacancies from the Veranda RACE website.
Interested and eligible applicants for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 for the recruitment to Stenographer Grade C and Stenographer Grade D posts in various ministries, departments and organisations of the Indian Govenrment should fulfill the following eligibility criteria to apply online.
The eligibility criteria for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 include SSC Stenographer Educational Qualification 2025, SSC Stenographer Age Limit 2025, etc., which are discussed below in depth in this SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Official Notification blog post of Veranda RACE:
Candidates applying for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 must be either a citizen of India or a subject of Nepal or a subject of Bhutan or a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1 Jan1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or 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.
Candidates interested to apply for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 must possess minimum educational qualification as mentioned in the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF for the direct recruitment of 261 Stenographer Grade C and Stenographer Grade D vacancies in the Indian Government.
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025: Educational Qualification | |
Post Name | Educational Qualification |
Stenographer Grade C & Grade D | Pass in Class 12 or equivalent |
Candidates applying for the recruitment of Stenographer Grade C and Grade D posts through the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 must have passed in Class 12 or equivalent exam. As per the official SSC Stenographer Exam Notification PDF, the cut-off date for determining a candidate's educational qualification is 1st August 2025.
Candidates interested to apply for the 261 Stenographer Grade C and Grade D vacancies through the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 should be within the following ages:
Candidates applying for the post of Stenographer Grade C should be within 18 years to 30 years. Candidates should have been born not before 2 August 1995 and not later than 1 August 2007 are eligible to apply.
Candidates applying for the post of Stenographer Grade D should be within 18 years to 27 years. They should have been born not before 2 August 1998 and not later than 1 August 2007.
The cut-off date to determine the candidate’s age with respect to maximum age for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 will be 1 August 2025.
The detailed requirement of age-limit for Stenographer posts in the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 has been given in the below table by Veranda RACE:
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025: Age Limit | ||
Post Name | Minimum Age | Maximum Age |
Stenographer Grade C | 18 years | 30 years |
Stenographer Grade D | 18 years | 27 years |
Age relaxation will be applicable for candidates belonging to reserved categories as per government norms for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025.
As per the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF, age relaxation for the upper age limit will be applicable for candidates belonging to reserved categories. Age relaxation depends on the category of the candidates and follow government rules. Check the below table to know more about the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Age Relaxation:
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025: Age Relaxation | |
Category | Age Relaxation |
Other Backward Castes (Non-Creamy Layer) (OBC-NCL) | 3 years |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 5 years |
Schedules Tribe (ST) | 5 years |
Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) | 10 years |
PwBD (OBC) | 13 years |
PwBD (SC / ST) | 15 years |
Ex-serviceman (ESM) | 3 years (after deduction of military service rendered from actual age) |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed and released as a consequence thereof | 3 years |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed and released as a consequence thereof (SC / ST) | 8 years |
Widow / Divorced Women / Women Judicially Separated and who are not remarried | Up to 35 years of age |
Widow / Divorced Women / Women Judicially Separated and who are not remarried (SC/ST) | Up to 40 years of age |
The selection process for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 includes two levels: Computer Based Exam and Skill Test in Stenography.
This computer-based exam will consist of 200 objective MCQ questions conducted for a total of 200 marks for a duration of 120 minutes (160 minutes for PwBD candidates). This Computer Based Exam consists of 3 subjects namely General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Awareness and English Language and Comprehension. There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in the Computer Based Exam of the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025.
This Computer Based Exam will be conducted only in English and Hindi and will use normalised scores to select candidates.
Candidates shortlisted in the SSC Stenographer Computer Based Exam 2025 will be required to appear in the SSC Stenographer Skill Test 2025. Selected candidates will be given one dictation for 10 minutes in English or Hindi (As opted by the candidates in their SSC Stenographer Exam Online Application Form 2025) at the speed of 100 words per minute for the post of Stenographer Grade C and 80 words per minute for the post of Stenographer Grade D.
The SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 will be a computer-based exam (CBE). It consists of 3 sections. The three sections are General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Awareness and English language & Comprehension.
The total duration of the Computer-Based Exam for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 will be 120 minutes. Candidates have to answer 200 questions within a time frame of 120 minutes. The total marks of the SSC Stenographer Computer Based Exam will be 200 marks. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 candidates can check the exam pattern for the computer based exam of the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 here in the Veranda RACE SSC blog post here:
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025: CBE Exam Pattern | ||||
Parts | Subjects | Questions | Marks | Duration |
I | General Intelligence & Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 120 minutes |
II | General Awareness | 50 | 50 | |
III | English Language and Comprehension | 100 | 100 | |
Total | 200 | 200 |
Candidates who are shortlisted in the SSC Stenographer Computer Based Exam 2025 will be required to appear for the SSC Stenographer Skill Test for Stenography 2025.
SSC Stenography Exam 2025: Skill Test for Stenography | |||
Post | Language for Sill Test | Time Duration (mins) | Time Duration for candidates eligible for scribe (mins) |
Stenographer Grade D | English | 50 | 70 |
Stenographer Grade D | Hindi | 65 | 90 |
Stenographer Grade C | English | 40 | 55 |
Stenographer | Hindi | 55 | 75 |
The Skill Test for Stenography for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 will be held at the SSC Regional Offices or at the other Centres decided by the SSC.
The SSC Stenographer Exam Dates 2025 for the Computer Based Exam (CBE) was announced tentatively in the SSC Revised Exam Calendar 2025 by the Staff Selection Commission.
The Computer Based Exams of the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 will be tentatively conducted from 6 August 2025 to 11 August 2025. Candidates can check the detailed information about the SSC Stenographer Exam Updates 2025 here in verandarace.com.
The SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Application Fee will be ₹ 100 that is to be paid using online mode only. It is mentioned in the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF that candidates belonging to the SC/ST/PwBD/Ex-Servicemen and female candidates are exempted from paying the exam fee for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025. Candidates are required to pay the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025 Online Application Fee using online mode either by BHIM UPI/Internet Banking/Debit Card/Credit Card.
The online application fee can be paid through online mode only till 27 June 2025 (up to 11.00 PM) for the SSC Stenographer Exam 2025.
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025: Application Fee | |
Category | Fee |
General / OBC / EWS | ₹ 100 |
Women | Fee exempted |
SC / ST / PwBD / Ex-Servicemen | Fee exempted |
The exam centres for the Computer Based Exams of the SSC Stenographer Exam 2024 under the nine regions of the Staff Selection Commission are given below in this table collated by Veranda RACE:
SSC Stenographer Exam 2025: CBE Exam Centres | |
Regions | Exam Centres & Codes |
Central Region (CR) / Bihar & Uttar Pradesh | Bhagalpur (3201) Gaya (3203) Muzaffarpur (3205) Patna (3206) Agra (3001) Prayagraj (3003) Bareilly (3005) Gorakhpur (3007) Jhansi (3008) Kanpur (3009) Lucknow (3010) Meerut (3011) Varanasi (3013) |
Eastern Region (ER) / Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim & West Bengal | Sri Vijaya Puram (4802) Ranchi (4205) Dhanbad (4206) Jamshedpur (4207) Suri (4416) Asansol (4426) Burdwan (4422) Durgapur (4426) Balasore (4601) Berhampore (4602) Bhubaneswar (4604) Cuttack (4605) Sambalpur (4609) Rourkela (4610) Dhenkanal (4611) Gangtok (4001) Kolkata (4410) Siliguri (4415) Kalyani (4419) |
Karnataka, Kerala Region (KKR) | Bengaluru (9001) Belgavi (9002) Kalaburagi/Gulbarga (9005) Mangalore (9008) Mysore (9009) Shivamogga (9010) Hubballi (9011) Udupi (9012) Kannur (9202) Kottayam (9205) Kozhikode (9206) Thiruvananthapuram (9211) Ernakulam (9213) Kollam (9210) Thrissur (9212) Kavaratti (9401) |
Madhya Pradesh Region (MPR) / Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal (6001) Gwalior (6005) Indore (6006) Jabalpur (6007) Satna (6014) Sagar (6015) Ujjain (6016) Bilaspur (6202) Raipur (6204) Durg Bhilai (6205) |
North-Eastern Region (NER) / Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura | Itanagar (5001) Guwahati (Dispur) (5105) Dibrugarh (5102) Imphal (5501) Shillong (5401) Aizawl (5701) Kohima (5302) Agartala (5601 Churachandpur (5502) Ukhrul (5503) |
Northern Region (NR) / Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand | Delhi (2201) Ajmer (2401) Bikaner (2404) Jaipur (2405) Jodhpur (2406) Udaipur (2409) Sikar (2411) Dehradun (2002) Haldwani (2003) Roorkee (2006) |
North-Western Region (NWR) / Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Punjab | Chandigarh / Mohali (1601) Hamirpur (1202) Shimla (1203) Jammu (1004) Samba (1010) Srinagar (J&K) (1007) Bathinda (1401) Amritsar (1404) Jalandhar (1402) Patiala (1403) Ludhiana (1405) |
Southern Region (SR) / Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana | Guntur (8001) Kakinada (8009) Kurnool (8003) Nellore (8010) Ongole (8014) Rajahmundry (8004) Tirupathi (8006) Vijayawada (8008) Visakhapatnam (8007) Vizianagaram (8012) Puducherry (8401) Chennai (8201) Coimbatore (8202) Madurai (8204) Salem (8205) Tiruchirappalli (8206) Tirunelveli (8207) Vellore (8208) Hyderabad (8601) Karimnagar (8604) Warangal (8603) Krishnagiri (8209) Srikakulam (8015) Eluru (8016) |
Western Region (WR) / Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra | Ahmedabad (7001) Vadodara (7002) Rajkot (7006) Surat (7007) Mehsana (7013) Amravati (7201) Kolhapur (7203) Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (7202) Mumbai (7204) Nagpur (7205) Nashik (7207) Pune (7208) Panaji (7801) Jalgaon (7214) |
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My father worked in a foreign country but COVID made us economically weak. Working multiple construction jobs, I prepared for SSC exams dreaming to be a Central Government officer. I'm happy that RACE made me the first Government Officer in my family.
Joining Veranda RACE for SSC course changed my course of exam preparation. With friendly faculty and mentors, my focus and marks soared higher. Their Test Batch was a game changer making me realise the effect of my preparation. Thanks to my parents and faculty!
I always felt like studying in my home while I prepared in Veranda RACE. SSC Team was extremely helpful in solving all my doubts, provided Tier II coaching during the lockdown period and helped me crack the SSC CGL Exam within a span of 2 months of preparation.
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