SSC MTS Eligibility 2025: Age Limit, Qualifications, Nationality

SSC MTS Eligibility 2025 is set by the Staff Selection Commission for applicants who appear for the SSC MTS 2025. This exam is a national-level exam conducted by SSC. The eligibility criteria based on educational qualification, nationality and age limit for the SSC MTS exam are given below. The ones willing to apply or grab a job under the Staff Selection Commission must comply with the required eligibility.

According to the latest updates, SSC MTS eligibility criteria 2025 changed through a corrigendum released by the commission, and the age limit for SSC MTS 2025 was revised for the Havaldar posts. The upper age limit for all the Havaldar posts now stands at 27 years previously which was 25.

After you satisfy the framed eligibility, then you can start the preparation. To score well, one can read about the SSC MTS exam pattern and the SSC MTS Syllabus.

SSC MTS PET/PST Exemptions

You must pass the Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/Physical Standard Test to be considered for the position of Havaldar (PST). Persons with Disabilities (PWD) you will be excluded from the Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/Physical Standard Test (PST) based on their sub-category, according to a notice posted by the SSC. The following are some of the exemptions:

SSC MTS 2025 PET/PTS Exemptions

Suitable Category for Benchmark Disability for Post of Havaldar	Exemption in PET/PST
HH	No exemption
OA	May be exempted for Cycling only
OL	May be exempted from both Walking & Cycling
OAL	May be exempted from both Walking & Cycling
LC	May be exempted from both Walking & Cycling
AAV	No exemption, However. If due to an acid attack, the candidates suffer from orthopaedic disability i.e. OA, OL, OAL, then the above exemption for OA, OL and OAL will apply
MD involving the above categories	The above exemption for HH, OA, OL, OAL, LC, and AAV will apply
Abbreviations Used: HH = Hard of Hearing, OA= One Arm, OL= One Leg, OAL= One Arm & One Leg, LC= Leprosy Cured, AAV = Acid Attack Victim, MD = Multiple Disabilities.

SSC MTS Exemptions for PwD Candidates

The commission announced exemptions for the PwD candidates in the SSC MTS 2025 exam(PET/PST) on Jun 2, 2022.

SSC MTS Nationality

SSC MTS 2025 eligibility criteria based on nationality are given below. The ones who are aspiring to appear for this exam must satisfy the eligibility criterion of nationality.

• You should be a citizen of India.
• You must belong to Bhutan or Nepal.
• You must be a Tibetan refugee who came to India for permanent settlement before January 1st, 1962.
• You must be a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of  Kenya, Uganda,  the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam to permanently settle in India.

Note: The ones belonging to Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Kenya, Uganda, Burma, etc must have the certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India.

Q. Where can I find the SSC MTS Eligibility in Hindi?

Ans. The ones looking for the eligibility details in Hindi can download it from the official website. You can even translate the English pdf into their preferred language using any relevant tool.

SSC MTS Educational Qualification

SSC MTS 2025 eligibility criteria based on educational qualification is that you must have passed the 10th Standard or equivalent examination from a recognized board to be eligible for SSC MTS 2025 exam.

SSC MTS 2025 Eligibility - PH Candidates

SSC MTS eligibility criteria for PH candidates are mentioned below:

• One leg affected (ON)
• One arm affected (OA)
• One leg and one arm were affected (OAL)
• Both the legs were affected but not the arm (BL)
• Blind (B)
• Low vision (LV)
• Hearing (H)
• Communication (C) is eligible for Multi Tasking Staff posts.

SSC MTS Age Requirement

SSC MTS eligibility age limit information based is mentioned below. You must go through this information carefully.

• The age limit is 18 to 25 years.
• A clear picture of age relaxation for various categories is shown in the following table:

SSC MTS Age Relaxation

Code	Category	Age Relaxation
01	SC/ST	5 Years
02	OBC	3 Years
03	PH+Cerebral palsy	10 Years
04	PH+OBC+Cerebral palsy	13 Years
05	PH+SC/ST+Cerebral palsy	15 Years
09	Ex-Servicemen (Unreserved/General)	3 Years
10	Ex-Servicemen (OBC)	6 (3+3) Years
11	Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST)	8 (3+5) Years
15	Central Government Civilian Employees - (Unreserved/General)(with a minimum of 3 years of regular and continuous service)	Up to 40 years of age
17	Central Government Civilian Employees - (OBC)(with a minimum of 3 years of regular and continuous service)	Up to 43 years of age
19	Central Government Civilian Employees - (SC/ST)(with a minimum of 3 years of regular and continuous service)	Up to 45 years of age
21	Candidates who had been ordinary residents of Jammu & Kashmir -  Unreserved/General	5 Years
22	Candidates who had been ordinary residents of Jammu & Kashmir - OBC	8 Years
23	Candidates who had ordinarily been settled in Jammu & Kashmir - SC/ST	10 Years
24	Widows/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and are not remarried(Unreserved/General)	Up to 35 Years of age
25	Widows/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and are not remarried(OBC)	Up to 38 Years of age
26	Widows/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and are not remarried(SC/ST)	Up to 40 Years of age
27	Defense Personal disabled during hostilities with any foreign country (Unserved/General)	3 Years
28	Defense Personal disabled during hostilities with any foreign country (OBC)	6 (3+3) Years
29	Defense Personal disabled during hostilities with any foreign country (SC/ST)	8 (3+5) Years
33	Service Clerk in their last year of armed forces service (Unreserved/General)	Up to 45 years of age
34	Service Clerk in their last year of armed forces service(OBC)	Up to 48 years of age
35	Service Clerk in their last year of armed forces service(SC/ST)	Up to 50 years of age
36	Employees of the Office of Registrar General of India (RGI) that were retrenched - Unreserved/General(Considered only for offices under RGI in order of merit and availability of vacancies)	3 years plus the length of Service rendered by them in connection with the census Dept.

SSC MTS 2025 Eligibility Important Points

All of you who are applying for SSC MTS 2025 must check the list of SSC MTS 2025 eligibility criteria important points which are given below:

• You must note that you will get the benefit of reservation if you have a minimum of 40% disability in case of physically handicapped.
• Your date of birth will be recorded as mentioned in the Secondary Examination/Matriculation Certificate or an equivalent certificate only will be accepted by the Commission for determining SSC MTS 2025 Eligibility for age and no subsequent request for its change will be considered or granted.
• You who have not yet acquired but will acquire the educational qualification and produce documentary evidence from the Board in support thereof as of Aug 1, 2022, are also eligible for the SSC MTS 2025 exam.
• Ex-servicemen are also eligible to participate in the SSC MTS examination 2025.
• All of you need to understand the eligibility criteria thoroughly and then fill the application form. The ones who fail to satisfy the eligibility criteria set by the Commission will not be able to appear for the SSC MTS 2025 exam.
• You must submit the required SC/ST/OBC certificate from the concerned office. PWD aspirants must present their certificates from the concerned doctor or authority for their disability.