SSC JHT Eligibility 2024: The Staff Selection Commission outlined the SSC JHT eligibility criteria in the official notification released on August 2. Interested candidates must fulfil all the eligibility parameters before submitting their online SSC JHT application form. Providing false information regarding eligibility may result in the cancellation of their candidature. Read on to learn more about the SSC JHT Eligibility Criteria including age limit, qualification, and much more.
SSC JHT Eligibility 2024
The Staff Selection Commission conducts a competitive Computer-Based Examination for Group B Non-Gazetted posts, including Junior Hindi Translator, Junior Translation Officer, Junior Translator, Senior Hindi Translator, and Senior Translator, across various Ministries, Departments, and Organizations of the Government of India. The SSC JHT notification was released on August 2.
Candidates must ensure that their application form accurately reflects the SSC JHT eligibility criteria. Generally, candidates with a master’s degree who are at least 18 years old can apply for the SSC JHT 2024 recruitment. While there is no specific reservation for the Ex-Serviceman (ESM) category for these Group B posts, ESM candidates are eligible for age relaxation in accordance with existing Government Orders.
SSC JHT Age Limit: Upper & Lower Age
The SSC JHT Age Limit is an important element of the eligibility criteria. The minimum age of the candidates must be 18 years when applying for SSC JHT recruitment 2024. Candidates born not before 02.08.1994 and not later than 01.08.2006 are eligible to apply. Here is the minimum and maximum SSC JHT age limit shared below for the reference of the candidates.
| Parameter | SSC JHT Age Limit |
| Minimum Age | 18 years |
| Maximum Age | 30 years |
What is SSC JHT Age Relaxation?
There shall be permissible relaxation in the upper age limit of the applicants belonging to reserved categories. For example, the age relaxation for SC/ST is 5 years, 3 years for OBC, and so on. The SSC JHT age limit relaxation for reserved categories is shared below.
| SSC JHT Age Relaxation | |
| Category | Age Relaxation |
| SC/ST | 5 years |
| OBC | 3 years |
| PwBD (Unreserved) | 10 years |
| PwBD (OBC) | 13 years |
| PwBD (SC/ST) | 15 years |
| Ex-Servicemen (ESM) | 3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date |
| Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof | 3 years |
| Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof (SC/ST) | 8 years |
SSC JHT Eligibility- Educational Qualification
The next important factor of the SSC JHT Eligibility Criteria is educational qualification. As per the official notification, the minimum SSC JHT qualification is a Master's Degree from any recognised University. The post-wise SSC JHT Educational Qualification is shared below.
| Post | Qualification |
| Junior Hindi Translator/Junior Translation Officer/Junior Translator | Master's degree from a recognized University in Hindi with English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level; or Master's degree from a recognized University in English with Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium examination at the degree level; or Master's degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi medium and English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of an examination at the degree level; or Master 's degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with English medium and Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level; or Master’s Degree of a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi and English as compulsory or elective subjects or either of the two as a medium of examination and the other as a compulsory or elective subject at degree level and Recognized Diploma or Certificate course in translation from Hindi to English & vice versa or two years‟ experience of in translation work from Hindi to English and vice versa in Central or State Government Office, including Government of India undertaking. |
| Senior Hindi Translator/Senior Translator | Master's degree from a recognized University in Hindi with English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level; or Master's degree from a recognized University in English with Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level; or Master's degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi medium and English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level; or Master's degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with English medium and Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level; or Master's Degree of a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi and English as compulsory or elective subjects or either of the two as a medium of examination and the other as a compulsory or elective subject at degree level and Recognized Diploma or Certificate course in translation from Hindi to English & vice versa or three years‟ experience of in translation work from Hindi to English and vice versa in Central or State Government Office, including the Government of India Undertaking |
SSC JHT Eligibility 2024: Nationality
Apart from knowing the SSC JHT Eligibility, candidates must learn about their nationality before filling out the online form. A candidate 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 to permanently settle in India
SSC JHT Eligibility-Physically Handicapped Candidates
- In the case of persons with benchmark disabilities in the category of blindness, locomotor disability (both arms affected-BA) and cerebral palsy, the scribe facility is given, if desired by the candidate.
- The facility of scribe will also be provided to PwD candidates having disability of less than 40% and having difficulty in writing.
- In the case of the remaining categories of persons with benchmark disabilities, the provision of a scribe is available on submission of a certificate at the time of examination to the effect that the person concerned has physical limitations to write. A scribe is essential to write the examination on his/ her behalf, from the Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Medical Superintendent of a Government health care institution as per proforma.
- The facility of scribe/ passage reader will be offered to a PwBD/PwD candidate only if he/she has opted for the same in the online application form.
- In case the candidate opts for their own scribe, the qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate attempting the examination.
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