ALL INDIA CONSTABLE RECRUITMENT NOTICE (SSC NOTICE)

ALL INDIA CONSTABLE RECRUITMENT NOTICE (SSC NOTICE)

STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION
PRESS NOTE

1. Staff Selection Commission is going to conduct examination for recruitment of Constable (General Duty) in Central Police Organizations under Ministry of Home Affairs, in the pay scale of Rs.5200 – 20200 with Grade Pay of Rs.2000/-.
   The Age limit is 18-23 years. This is the first time that the Government has decided to conduct a common recruitment examination for recruitment of Constable
   (General Duty) in all the CPOs, through Staff Selection Commission. Earlier, the
   respective CPOs used to make recruitment of Constables (GD) by their own.
2. Ministry of Home Affairs has intimated about 49,070 tentative vacancies of Constables (General Duty) collectively, in BSF, CISF, CRPF and SSB for which written test will be held on 5.6.2011 for candidates qualifying in physical standard/physical efficiency test and about 5000 vacancies are tentatively available
   in ITBP and Assam Rifles for which written examination will be held on 1.5.2011.
   The Commission will publish respective notices in 5-11 February, 2011 Edition of Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar. The Candidates domiciled in a State / UT are only eligible for vacancies in respective States / UTs. Allocation to different CPOs in the case of common recruitment will be made on merit-cum-option basis.
   Candidates applying for vacancies in ITBP are required to send their application to
   Office of Dy. Director, Staff Selection Commission, North-Western Region, Chandigarh and those applying for vacancies in Assam Rifles are required to send
   their applications to Office of Regional Director, Staff Selection Commission, North-Eastern Region, Guwahati, Assam, irrespective of the Centre of the Written Examination selected by them. However, in case of Common Recruitment for BSF,
   CRPF, CISF and SSB, applications are to be sent by candidates to the respective
   Regional / Sub-Regional Offices of the Staff Selection Commission in whose jurisdiction the Centre of Written Examination falls. The candidates will have option to apply online (http://ssc.online) or submit paper application.

3. The following are major features of the Recruitment:-

1. Vacancies have been allocated UT/State-wise in CPO to be filled by
   candidates domiciled in the State / UT.
2. Separate vacancies have been reserved for Border Districts and
   Naxalite / Militancy affected areas in different States / UTs.
3. Entire recruitment is scheduled to be completed in six months for Assam
   Rifles and ITBP and in nine months for other CPOs.
4. The selection process will consist of Physical Standards Test (PST) / Physical Efficiency Test (PET), Written Examination for PST/PET qualified candidates and Medical Examination for candidates shortlisted on the basis of Written Examination.
5. Vacancies are likely to increase and will be finalized before the Written Examination.
6. The Written Examination will consist of Matriculation level questions on General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Knowledge and Awareness, Elementary Mathematics and English or Hindi. Detailed notice and application forms will be available on SSC website http://ssc.nic.in from 5.2.2011 onwards.