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Full form of SSC: Here, we are going to learn about the SSC, full form of SSC, overview, functions of SSC, other abbreviation of SSC, etc. By Anushree Goswami Last updated : April 3, 2024

The following are the full forms of SSC:

1. Staff Selection Commission
2. Secondary School Certificate

SSC: Staff Selection Commission

SSC is an abbreviation of the Staff Selection Commission. It is an Indian governmental organization that recruits staff for a variety of posts in the range of Ministries and Departments of the Government of India. The recruitment is also done for subordinate's offices. The commission of Staff Selection is headquartered at New Delhi in India which is headed by a chairman and two members are also there with a Secretary-cum-Controller of Examinations to help out the Chairman.

Additionally, the SSC has a regional arrangement to conduct exams efficiently. At this time, it has seven regional offices at Allahabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Guwahati, Bangalore and two sub-regional offices at Raipur and Chandigarh.

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Functions

Some of the most significant functions of SSC:

• SSC conducts recruitment for the Group "B" posts in the Ministries/ Departments of the Govt. of India and their subordinate offices and all non-technical Group "C" posts in the Ministries or Departments of Govt. of India and their subordinate officers.
• SSC conducts exams and interviews for the posts within its range of experience.
• SSC conducts departmental exams associated with promotion from a lower division to upper divisions.
• SSC conducts periodical typewriting tests in Hindi and English.
• SSC executes other functions assigned to it by the Central Govt. periodically.

SSC: Secondary School Certificate

SSC is also an abbreviation of a Secondary School Certificate. The Secondary School Certificate examination is also known as SSC or 10th board or Matriculation examination is a public examination conducted by a variety of boards of education comprising CBSE and other state boards.

In many states of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the SSC exam is conducted.

Indian states which conduct SSC examination

Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, and Madhya Pradesh are the Indian states which conduct SSC examination. The examination pattern may vary from board to board. After the students completed this course, they receive the certificate with grades or percentages according to their academic performance in the examination. In 2014, over 1.3 million students appeared in this exam in India.

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Subjects

Most common subjects for SSC examination:

• Mathematics
• Science & Technology
• Social Science
• Hindi
• English
• Regional Language