SSC MTS Eligibility Criteria
SSC set the eligibility for SSC MTS which is based on various factors like age, educational qualification, and nationality. The age limit for the SSC MTS 2024 posts as per the Recruitment Rules of various User Departments are
Age Criteria
The Candidate who is applying for SSC MTS 2024 must be 18 to 27 years of age. Here is the detailed information:
- 18-25 years (i.e. candidates born not before 02.08.1998 and not later than 01.08.2005) for MTS and Havaldar in CBN (Department of Revenue).
- 18-27 years (i.e. candidates born not before 02.08.1996 and not later than 01.08.2005) for Havaldar in CBIC (Department of Revenue) and a few posts of MTS
SSC MTS Permissible relaxation in Upper age limit for different categories are as under:
Code No. | Category |
01 | SC/ ST |
02 | OBC |
03 | PwBD (Unreserved) |
04 | PwBD (OBC) |
05 | PwBD (SC/ ST) |
06 | Ex-Servicemen (ESM) |
08 | Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof. |
09 | Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ ST) |
10 | Central Government Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as of the closing date for receipt of online applications. |
11 | Central Government Civilian Employees: Who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as of the closing date for receipt of online applications. (SC/ ST) |
12 | Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried. |
13 | Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ ST). |
Educational Qualifications
As per SSC MTS 2024 Notification the candidate must have passed matriculation or equivalent examination from a recognized board.
- The candidates must have passed the Matriculation Examination or equivalent from a recognized Board.
- Note: Relaxation in Upper age limit as per Govt.'s norms.
Nationality/ Citizenship
For SSC MTS 2023 Exam the candidates must be either:
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) 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.