Upcoming SSC CGL Exam in 2025: Learn About Job Openings, Pay Scale, and Examination Structure
Mass Protests Against Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Over Recruitment Exam Mismanagement
Protests against the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) are ongoing across India, with thousands of students and educators demanding reforms in the recruitment process. The unrest is primarily focused on the SSC Selection Post Phase 13 recruitment exam held from July 24 to August 1, 2025.
Students have raised concerns about gross mismanagement, including technical failures, abrupt exam cancellations, and administrative lapses. One of the most significant issues reported is the allocation of exam centers far from candidates' homes, with some having to travel up to 500 km only to find their exams canceled without notice.
Allegations of poor treatment of candidates at exam centers, use of force by police against peaceful protesters, and general opacity and unfairness in the recruitment process have also been made.
The protesters are demanding comprehensive reforms in how the SSC conducts recruitment exams. Their key demands include transparency and accountability, fair allocation of exam centers, improved technical infrastructure, a review of the vendor system, fair treatment of candidates, and an end to opaque procedures.
The SSC has announced tentative vacancies for 14,582 posts to be filled through the SSC CGL 2025 recruitment process. The Tier-1 examination for SSC CGL 2025 will be held from August 13 to August 30, 2025, in Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode. The examination will consist of objective-type multiple-choice questions, divided into four sections: General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Comprehension. Each section will have 25 questions and a maximum of 50 marks.
Selected candidates for SSC CGL 2025 will be eligible for pay levels ranging from Pay Level-4 to Pay Level-7. Pay Level-4 ranges from Rs 25,500 to Rs 81,100, Pay Level-5 from Rs 29,200 to Rs 92,300, Pay Level-6 from Rs 35,400 to Rs 1,12,400, and Pay Level-7 from Rs 44,900 to Rs 1,42,400.
Questions will be available in both English and Hindi, except for the English Comprehension section. The category-wise distribution of vacancies for SSC CGL 2025 is as follows: Unreserved (UR) - 6,183, Scheduled Caste (SC) - 2,167, Scheduled Tribe (ST) - 1,088, Other Backward Classes (OBC) - 3,721, and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) - 1,423.
The Tier-2 examination for SSC CGL 2025 is scheduled to be held in December 2025, also in computer-based mode. The protests, which have been ongoing for two consecutive days, are happening in several cities, including Delhi, and involve students and teachers.
The application process for SSC CGL 2025 began on June 9 and concluded on July 4, 2025. The protesters have flagged multiple issues, including frequent cancellation of exams, delayed issuance of admit cards, errors in exam center allotment, technical glitches at exam centers, and allegations of misconduct by staff and security personnel at several centers.
The protests are ongoing, including large gatherings at prominent locations such as Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and the Department of Personnel and Training, signaling sustained pressure on SSC and government authorities to address these systemic issues.
- Amidst the ongoing protests, many educational institutions are offering free online-education seminars and resources to support students preparing for education-and-self-development via the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) exams, aiming to ease the strain of current exam mismanagement.
- With the tumultuous events surrounding the SSC recruitment exams creating a turbulent environment for learning, several general-news channels and online platforms have launched special sections dedicated to news and updates about the protesters' demands for learning reforms, offering a platform for the voices of both students and the commission to be heard.
