SSC Full Form

SSC stands for Staff Selection Commission is an institution under the Government of India. Established in 1975, the institution aims to recruit a workforce for different posts in the various Ministries and Department of Government of India and subordinate offices. 

The SSC headquarter is situated in New Delhi. At present, SSC has different offices in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Guwahati, Bangalore, and New Delhi. The SSC sub-regional offices are located at Raipur and Chandigarh.

What is the Full Form of SSC?

The SSC forms the Staff Selection Commission.

SSC Overview

SSC Members

SSC member is an attached office of Department of Personnel training which includes chairman,  two members and a  secretarial cum- controller of examination. His post is similar to the level of Additional Secretary of Government of India.

The estimate committee in the parliament suggested the setting up of the Service Selection Commission in the 47th report for examination to recruit lower category of posts. 

Later, the Government of India constituted a commission on November 4, 1975 in the department of personnel and administrative reforms, which is known as the Subordinate Service Commission.

The Subordinate Service Commission on September 26, 1977, was renamed the Staff Service Commission.

The Staff Service Commission functions were reconsidered by the Government of India through the Ministry of Personnel,  Public Grievances on May 21, 1999. Further, the new constitution and functions of the Staff Service Commission came into force on June 1, 1999. The SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination was organized by SSC every year for recruiting non - gazetted officers to various government jobs.

SSC Examination

The Staff Selection Commission plays an important role in conducting open competitive examinations for students. Most importantly, these examinations are conducted because of the needs of the lower and middle-level workforce in the government. In the first stage, the written exam is conducted for the students. After the written examination, a personal interview is conducted by the SSC themself. 

The different exams conducted by the SSC are:

• SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination

• SSC combined higher secondary level examination

• SSC Junior Engineer

• SSC Junior Hindi Translator

• SSC GD Constable

• SSC Multitasking staff

• SSC Selection Post

• SI

• SSC Stenographer S & D

SSC Job Advantages

• The most important benefit of the SSC job is job security. In today's era, the youth demands job security for a secured future.

• The next advantage is the definite salary which every employee receives on a definite date.

• In a country like India, the government job provides social status and respect because the candidates face different sets of examinations and lots of hardship to maintain the job.

• For a secured future, pension gives great relief to the employees.

SSC Job Disadvantage

• It is quite difficult to get a government job these days. For every single government job, there are thousands of applicants available. Candidates always find cut throat competition for such jobs.

• The wide syllabus and question paper pattern makes it difficult for the students to crack the exam. The candidates need to focus and work well on the syllabus to perform well in the exam.

• Generally, the staff appointed through the government jobs gets promotion only after completion of certain tenure which declines the spirit of competition. Hence, it becomes monotonous.