Hello,

If you wish to join the Officers Training Academy or OTA then first of all you have to go through a series of selection procedures before you make it into OTA.

First you have to qualify the CDS examination, afterwards you will be called for SSB where there you would go through series of tests and after successfully completing the SSB, you get recommended and if you make it into final merit list then you are set to join OTA.

Now the eligibility criteria for CDS examination is as following -

• Age wise criteria - Officers Training Academy (Women, Non-Technical) - 19 to 25 years. Also the candidates must be Unmarried.

• Educational criteria- Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

• The minimum height of female candidates should be 152 cm for OTA (non-technical).

• Applicants should have a sufficient number of natural teeth. A minimum of 14 dental points will be acceptable for CDS recruitment. If all 32 teeth are present, the total dental points are 22.

For more details about the eligibility criteria, kindly check out the link given below-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

I hope you find the answer helpful

Thank you.