OSSC Eligibility

OSSC stands for the Odisha Staff Selection Commission. It is a statutory body set up by the Odisha government for direct recruitment for Group C posts. It was established in 1993 for conducting examinations and recommending selected candidates for general, technical, and non-technical positions in Group B and C.

OSSC Eligibility Criteria 2023

There are certain criteria for deciding if the candidate is eligible for OSSC or not. The eligibility is determined based on the following parameters:

1. Age
2. Education
3. Nationality
4. Relationship status

Apart from meeting these terms of the OSSC eligibility criteria, the candidate should be of sound mental and physical health. They must have passed their Middle School Examination with Odia as a subject or have passed the High School Certificate Examination.

OSSC Combined Graduate Level Exam Eligibility

Age Limit

• Candidates must not be below 21 years and above 32 years of age as on 01.01.2021 with usual age relaxation for SC, ST, SEBC, Women, Ex-servicemen & In-service contractual employees as per prevailing rules.

Minimum Educational Qualification

• The candidate applying for the post must have passed Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from any recognised University or such other educational qualification equivalent there to from a recognised University, and the candidate must have passed M.E standard/HSC examination with Odia as a Language subject.

Nationality

• Only candidates with Indian nationality are eligible to apply for the OSSC Combined Graduate Level Examinations.

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Educational Qualification

• Graduate either in Commerce or in any other discipline with Economics/ Statistics/ Mathematics as one of the subjects at Graduation level.

Proficiency in Computer

The candidate should have proficiency in Computer.

General Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for appearing in the examination, a candidate must satisfy the following conditions.

• The candidate must be a citizen of India.
• Be able to speak, read & write Odia.
• Be of good moral character & satisfactory antecedent to be certified by Gazetted Officer.
• Be of good mental condition and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of his duties in the service to be certified by a doctor.
• If married, must not have more than one spouse living:
• Candidate must have passed Middle School Examination with Odia as a language subject or have passed the High School Certificate Examination or equivalent examination with Odia as a subject/medium of examination in a non-language subject or have passed a test in Odia in M.E School standard conducted by School & Mass Department.

Age Limit

The minimum age for this post is 21 years and the maximum age is 32 years.

The below table mentions relaxations for certain categories:

Note:

Date of birth entered in the High School Certificate Examination by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha or equivalent Certificate issued by the recognised Board/Council/ by an Indian University as equivalent there to shall only be acceptable to the Commission.

Field Assistant Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualification

• The Candidate must have passed Bachelor’s Degree in Bio-Science i.e. B.Sc. (Sericulture)/B.Sc. (Agriculture) & allied subjects such as Horticulture & Forestry/ B.Sc. in Biology/ Botany/Zoology/ Life Science/ Biochemistry/ Micro-Biology/ Bio-Technology/ Bio-informatics/ Bio-Statistics from any recognized University.

General Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for appearing in the examination, a candidate must satisfy the following conditions.

• The candidate must be a citizen of India.
• Be able to speak, read & write Odia.
• Be of good moral character & conduct.
• Be of good mental condition and bodily health, and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of his duties in the service.
• If married, must not have more than one spouse living. Provided that the Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under Personal Law applicable to such person or there are other grounds for doing so, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
• Candidate must have passed Middle School Examination with Odia as a language subject, or have passed High School Certificate Examination or equivalent examination with Odia as a subject/medium of examination in the non-Language subject, or have passed in Odia as a language subject in the final examination of Class VII or above or have passed a test in Odia in M.E. School Standard conducted by the School & Mass Education Department.

Age Limit

The candidates applying for the post of OSSC Field Assistant must be within the age group of 20 years to 38 years as on 1st January of the recruitment year.

However, there are certain age relaxation provided by the Commission for different categories of candidates, which is detailed in the following table:

Note –

• Not fulfilling any of the eligibility criteria shall render the applicant’s candidature invalid & rejected.
• Date of birth entered in the High School Certificate Examination by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha or equivalent Certificate issued by the recognised Board/Council /by an Indian University as equivalent there to shall only be acceptable to the Commission.

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