SSC Stenographer grade C, D skill test 2023 evaluation guidelines revised

NEW DELHI: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has revised the guidelines for evaluation of stenography skill test scripts for both English and Hindi. The SSC Stenographer grade C, D skill test will be conducted on January 3 and 4, 2024.

The SSC Stenographer Grade C, D final answer key was published recently on the official website, ssc.nic.in. A total of 1,207 posts will be filled through the SSC Stenographer recruitment, of which 1,114 vacancies are for grade D posts and 93 for grade C.

As per the marking scheme, the commission has divided the error in the skill test into two - full mistake and half-mistake. There are words which can be spelt and written in more than one form. All such spellings and forms of words will be acceptable and will not be counted as errors.

‘For example the word ‘Honourable’ is written as Hon’ble, Hon., honourable and hon. – all these forms will be treated as correct’ by the commission. This rule will be applicable for Hindi tests as well.

Method of calculation of mistakes in skill test

Number of words in the master passage for calculation of percentage of errors is given below.

• 800 words for the speed of 80 words per minute for 10 minutes.
• 1,000 words for the speed of 100 words per minute for 10 minutes.
• 840 words for the speed of 120 words per minute for 7 minutes.
• 600 words for the speed of 120 words per minute for 5 minutes.

Stenography Test: Evaluation criteria

Full mistake - Omission of a word or a figure will be counted. In case a group of words are missed, the actual number of omitted words will be counted.

• If a figure is written correctly either in numeral or words both will be acceptable and will not be counted as a mistake. However, the number of omitted words and wrongly substituted words will be considered a mistake.
• Every addition of a word or figure or symbol not occurring in the dictated passage will be considered as a full mistake.
• Any repetition of words, incomplete words, or abbreviations used for expanded words and vice versa will be treated as full mistakes.
• Words or sentences written in full capital letters will be considered as mistake.
  

Half-mistake - Wrong spellings, using singular for plural noun and vice versa will be counted as half-mistake.

• Similarly, not adding full stop at the end of the sentence or using period at the wrong place will be considered as half-mistake.
• Using of small letters at the beginning of the sentence and non-capitalisation of proper nouns such as name of a person, place, office will be counted as half-mistake.