The Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) has released the qualifying marks for its Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) recruitment, and candidates who appeared for the Soil Conservation Extension Worker (SCEW) post are now comparing their marks against the official cut off. This page gives you the complete OSSC SCEW Cut Off Marks for the Preliminary, Mains and Final stages, broken down category-wise and gender-wise, so you know exactly where you stand. For a broader look at every stage of this exam, visit our OSSC exam details page.
OSSC SCEW recruitment is conducted under the OSSC CHSL exam bracket, which also covers posts such as Amin and Junior Field/Technical Assistant, so the figures published below apply specifically to the SCEW post code. Because the OSSC SCEW Cut Off Marks change every year depending on vacancies, difficulty level and the number of applicants, we have arranged the tables in the same order the Commission released them – Final 2024-25, Mains 2024-25, Preliminary 2024-25 and Mains 2023-24 – so you can compare the trend across recruitment cycles at a glance.
Whether you have already cleared Prelims and are waiting for the Mains result, or you are preparing for the next cycle of OSSC CHSL, this article explains how the cut off is worked out, what you should do right after checking your score, and answers the most common questions asked by SCEW aspirants. Bookmark this page, as we will keep updating the OSSC SCEW Cut Off Marks table every time OSSC releases a fresh notification. OSSC SCEW Cut Off Marks
Below are all four official cut off tables released so far for the OSSC CHSL SCEW post – Final 2024-25, Mains 2024-25, Preliminary 2024-25 and Mains 2023-24. Every figure is category-wise (UR, SEBC, SC, ST) and gender-wise (Male, Female), exactly as published by the Commission. Where a SEBC figure was not released by OSSC for a particular gender, we have marked the cell with a dash (—) rather than guessing a number.
| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| UR | 107 | 97.5 |
| SEBC | — | 97 |
| SC | 89 | 79.5 |
| ST | 70 | 65 |
| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| UR | 100 | 89 |
| SEBC | — | 88.50 |
| SC | 77.50 | 66.50 |
| ST | 60.50 | 53 |
| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| UR | 112.25 | 101.50 |
| SEBC | — | 101.25 |
| SC | 89.25 | 79.25 |
| ST | 75 | 70 |
| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| UR | 103.5 | 93 |
| SEBC | 101 | 87.5 |
| SC | 76 | 59.5 |
| ST | 56 | 53.5 |
The Soil Conservation Extension Worker (SCEW) post is one of several posts that the Odisha Staff Selection Commission recruits for through its Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) examination. The OSSC CHSL bracket is a single combined exam through which OSSC fills multiple 10+2 level posts together, including SCEW, Amin and Junior Field/Technical Assistant, which is why you will often see these posts referenced together in official notices and result PDFs. Here is a quick snapshot of the recruitment for candidates who are new to this exam. OSSC SCEW Cut Off Marks
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Conducting Body | Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) |
| Post | Soil Conservation Extension Worker (SCEW) |
| Exam Bracket | OSSC Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) – also covers posts like Amin and Junior Field/Technical Assistant |
| Selection Stages | Preliminary Exam, Mains Exam, Certificate Verification |
| Official Website | ossc.gov.in |
Because SCEW candidates go through the same Preliminary and Mains papers as other CHSL posts, comparing the cut off across posts and years (as we have done above) gives you a realistic sense of how competitive this post is compared to Amin or Junior Field/Technical Assistant in the same recruitment cycle.
The OSSC SCEW Cut Off Marks are not fixed in advance – the Commission works them out only after the exam is conducted, based on several factors. Understanding these factors helps you interpret why the cut off moves up or down from one year to the next. OSSC SCEW Cut Off Marks
Once you have compared your marks against the tables above, here is a simple checklist to follow depending on where you stand. OSSC SCEW Cut Off Marks
For the Final Cut Off 2024-25 (Full Marks 200), the UR category cut off is 107 for male and 97.5 for female candidates. SC and ST cut offs are lower, at 89/79.5 and 70/65 (male/female) respectively; check the full table above for SEBC and other category figures.
No, OSSC publishes separate cut off marks for male and female candidates within every category. In most cases the female cut off is somewhat lower than the male cut off for the same category and stage, as seen across all four tables on this page.
The OSSC SCEW Preliminary exam is out of 150 full marks, while the Mains exam is out of 200 full marks. All cut off figures shown in the tables above are calculated out of these respective full marks.
OSSC decides the cut off after the exam is conducted, based on the number of SCEW vacancies, total candidates who appeared, difficulty level of the paper, and category/gender-wise reservation norms. It is never fixed before the exam.
The official OSSC SCEW cut off marks are released on the Commission’s own website, ossc.gov.in, usually along with the result notice for that stage. We update this page with the same figures for quick reference.
In 2023-24, the Mains UR cut off was 103.5 (male) and 93 (female), out of 200 full marks. In 2024-25, the Mains UR cut off moved to 100 (male) and 89 (female), showing a slight dip year-on-year; SC and ST categories show similar small changes, visible in the tables above.
OSSC has released SEBC female cut off marks for Final, Mains 2024-25 and Preliminary 2024-25, but the SEBC male figure was not published for these stages, so we have shown it as a dash (—) rather than an estimated number. The SEBC Mains 2023-24 cut off is available for both male (101) and female (87.5) candidates.
If your marks are close to the cut off for your category, review your section-wise performance to identify weak topics, keep practicing with previous year question papers, and wait for the official result before drawing conclusions, since OSSC sometimes revises the cut off slightly during final result preparation.
Candidates who clear the Preliminary cut off move to the Mains exam, and those who clear the Mains/Final cut off are called for Certificate Verification, which is the last step before the final merit list and appointment.
You can download SCEW-specific previous year papers from our OSSC SCEW Previous Year Question Free PDF page, or get the wider All Odisha 63,000 COMBO PYQ PDF that also covers OSSC CHSL, OSSSC, OPSC, Police and other exams.
The OSSC SCEW Cut Off Marks covered in this article – Final 2024-25, Mains 2024-25, Preliminary 2024-25 and Mains 2023-24 – give you a complete, category-wise and gender-wise picture of how competitive the OSSC CHSL SCEW post has been over the last two recruitment cycles. Use these figures to gauge your own performance, keep an eye on the official OSSC website for the next notification, and download the combo previous year question PDF to stay exam-ready. If you found this cut off breakdown useful, bookmark this page and check back whenever OSSC releases a new SCEW result. OSSC SCEW Cut Off Marks