SSC MTS Eligibility 2024: Age Limit, Qualification, Physical Requirement & Relaxation

The SSC MTS and Havaldar 2024 eligibility conditions with age limit will be released in the official notification. The Staff Selection Commission will mention the SSC MTS & Havaldar 2024 educational requirements in the official notification. The Commission will mention the SSC MTS age limit and the SSC MTS Havaldar age limit separately in the official notification. The Staff Selection Commission will release the SSC MTS & Havaldar notification 2024 on May 7, 2024, on its official website - ssc.gov.in. Here the candidates can check all the important eligibility conditions such as the educational qualification, age limit and relaxations provided by the Commission. 

SSC MTS Eligibility

SSC MTS Eligibility 2024: The Staff Selection Commission will mention all the SSC MTS age limit, age relaxation and the required educational qualifications in the official notification. The Commission will mention all the eligibility criteria in the official notification. The candidates should ensure that they fulfil all the SSC MTS eligibility conditions before filling out the SSC MTS applications 2024. The last date to apply for the SSC MTS exam 2024 will be June 6, 2024. The Staff Selection Commission will conduct the SSC MTS exam 2024 in July/August 2024. 

The Staff Selection Commission will release the SSC MTS & Havaldar 2024 notification on May 7, 2024. The candidates are suggested to read the official notification to understand the age criteria and the age relaxation provided in the SSC MTS exam for their category. The candidates can see here the SSC MTS 2024 eligibility conditions to apply for the SSC MTS exam. The candidates should note that the cutoff date for all the educational and other certificated required for the exam, will be the last date for SSC MTS application. The Commission is expected to club the Havaldar posts with the official SSC MTS notification and it added additional eligibility conditions for the Havaldar posts. SSC MTS eligibility conditions have the following components:

1. Nationality
2. Educational Qualification
3. Age limit
4. Physical Requirements

Let us see each of them with the relaxation provided to the reserved categories in the age limit.

SSC MTS Eligibility - Nationality Requirement

The candidates must be a citizen of India to apply for the SSC MTS 2024 exam. Besides this, the below candidates can also apply for the SSC MTS exam:

• The subject of Nepal/Bhutan
• Tibetan Refugee

SSC MTS Educational Qualification Required

The candidates can see here the educational qualification required for the SSC MTS exam as mentioned in the official advertisement.

• To apply online, the candidate must have passed the Matriculation exam or equivalent from a recognised board.
• The candidates who have passed the matriculation in a distance learning mode/open university shall also be eligible for the exam.
• The candidates who are appearing in the matriculation can also apply, but they need to get the certificate by the cutoff date. Each notification provides a cutoff date for the educational qualification. 

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SSC MTS Age Limit

The candidates must fall in a certain age group to apply for the SSC MTS exam 2024. The commission mentions the lower and upper age limit for the candidates. The SSC MTS age limit is defined as below:

Age Limit for MTS Posts

• Lower Age limit - 18 years
• Upper Age limit - 25 years

Age Limit for Havaldar Posts

• Lower Age limit - 18 years
• Upper Age limit - 27 years

Age Relaxation in SSC MTS

The Commission provides age relaxation in the upper age limit  to the candidates belonging to the reserve categories in the manner given below:

The candidates should note that the date of birth as mentioned on the Matriculation certificate will be deemed final and no plea to consider the date of birth mentioned in other documents will be entertained. 

The reservation to agniveers is not announced in SSC MTS and Havaldar exams.

SSC MTS - Permissible Limit for PwD

The Commission also provided exemptions to the Persons with Disabilities to apply for SSC MTS and Havaldar posts. These exemptions are as follows:

Abbreviation used:

Nature of Physical Disabilities: B=Blind, LV=Low Vision, D=Deaf, HH=Hard of Hearing, OA=One Arm Affected, OL=One Leg Affected, BA=Both Arms Affected, BL=Both Leg Affected, OAL=One Arm and One Leg Affected, CP=Cerebral Palsy, LC=Leprosy Cured, Dw=Dwarfism, AAV=Acid Attack Victims, MDy=Muscular Dystrophy, ASD=Autism Spectrum Disorder  (M=Mild, MoD=Moderate), ID=Intellectual Disability, SLD=Specific Learning Disability, MI= Mental Illness.

Physical Requirements:

S=Sitting, ST=Standing, W=Walking, BN=Bending, MF=Manipulation with Fingers, RW=Reading & Writing, SE=Seeing, H=Hearing, C=Communication.

The candidates can see above all the important points related to the SSC MTS eligibility criteria.

SSC MTS Havaldar - Physical Requirement

The Commission prescribes the following physical requirements for the SSC MTS exam. The Commission conducts the Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/Physical Standard Test (PST) after the Paper 2. The candidates who opted for the Havaldar post are required to appear for the Detailed Medical Examination (DME). Both the PET/PST and DME are conducted by a designated authority other than SSC. The Commission prescribes the following requirements for the SSC MTS PET/PST.

SSC MTS PST Requirement for Havaldar Post

The Commission prescribes separate height requirements for male and female candidates in the following manner:

For Male candidates:

For Female Candidates

The above requirements were amended by a Corrigendum later after the conduct of exam.

SSC MTS PET Requirement For Havaldar Post

The Commission mention the following requirement to be fulfilled by the candidates and it would be tested during the SSC MTS PET:

Cycling is not applicable for the post of Havaldar in DGPM, CBIC.
The above conditions are expected to be changed and can be the reason behind the delay of notification.