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The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has revised the formats for disability certificates in line with the guidelines issued by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD). Under the revised system, Form 5 will be used for candidates with a single disability, while Form 6 will apply to those with multiple disabilities. These new formats replace the earlier three forms — 5, 6, and 7 — that were referenced in previous SSC notifications.
According to the official notice, for examinations where notifications were released after October 16, 2024, and the recruitment process is still ongoing, candidates may submit their disability certificates in either the revised formats (Form V and Form VI, as per the DEPwD notification dated October 16, 2024) or the earlier formats.
In addition, SSC has reinstated the ‘own scribe’ facility for persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD), applicable to examinations notified on or before December 31, following clarifications issued by the DEPwD.
The facility is now governed by additional compliance requirements. Under the revised norms, the age of the scribe must correspond to the qualification level of the examination. For matriculation and Class 12 examinations, the scribe should generally not be older than 20 years, while for graduate-level examinations, the age limit is 22 years.
Moreover, Aadhaar-based authentication has been made mandatory for all scribes registered under the “Own Scribe” facility. In cases where Aadhaar verification cannot be completed at the examination venue, candidates will be required either to use a scribe provided by the Commission or to appear for the examination without one.
Meanwhile, the Commission has enabled the self-slot selection facility for the candidates appearing for the SSC Junior Engineer and Sub-Inspector in Delhi Police and CAPF examinations 2025 paper one.
According to the SSC exam calendar, the junior engineer – civil, mechanical, electrical – examination, 2025 (Paper-I) will be conducted from December 3 to December 6. The sub-inspectors in Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces Examination, 2025 (Paper-I) will be held between December 9 and 12.
