LexyJay02:


Why were you dropped bro?

Maleeq01:
My DSSC 24 experience in 20BN Serti Baruwa Taraba State.
The journey from KD to Taraba was a 2 days journey, 16 hours from KD to jalingo and 3 hours from jalingo to serti ( i hear am no b small). Arrived 20BN serti very early in the morning, was signed in at the gate and was welcomed quite hospitably, i know say na formalities sha. Some candidates were already checked in and were seated on d floor @ parade ground already (this was to be our daily routine). We were to sign in at anoda spot inside were we were issued our mattresses and some 'yaro boys' were to help us carry them and show us to our hostels. Quickly changed into my salala, carrried my file and doubled up to d parade ground, i was d second pesin from my state (Osun), d first pesin was automatically d state leader, chest numbers were scattered on d floor, I picked OS11.
D main activity kicked of d following day, we were addressed by d board secretary Lt Colonel AU Abdul, board chairman Colonel DM Oyekola, d chetah of 20BN LT Colonel MS Adamu and Board president Maj Gen AB Omozoje, we started with certificate verification, this was done in the cheetah hall, were all ur credentials were vetted and any discrepancy found meant u'll be in d next available car to ur village and this was when d 1st set of casualties occured, Naso men begin drop o, e no funny @ all, i particularly felt sorry for one of my village men, bros resumed late on friday evening, didn't come with his ECG, went along with odas who didn't come with theirs to jalingo to do it on Sunday (this was cordinated by WO Faleye, lol, if u were in serti and u don't remember Faleye, u deserve sleep guard room), and bros was evicted on Monday morning.
Next was d 'almighty medicals', actually there nothing almighty about medicals until d day result was announced, stay tunned. Medicals was done in d MRS, CMD was Colonel Okoigi, i and my village men bought dis man's job, we pin head sotey hair no gree grow for dat part of our head again. One fair lieutenant was d guy in charge of proceeding. Medicals was divided into 4 segments:
1. Vitals: weight, height and BP: Brethren watch ur weight o and knw ur BMI (Body mass index). Some guys used BP suppresants and it was detected in their blood, so be wise.
2. Blood and Urine:This one is straightforward. My advice, drink a lot of water on dat day so ur urine can be clear.
3. Physicals: lol, u can see i'm laffing already. Shey u knw d way u use to be in d bathroom, ehen, naso u go de, naked and happy, lol. They'll check ur balls, check for pile, tatoos and body inscriptions, flat foots among others. I was checked by a female, she was just playing with my john thomas
4. Xrays
They latter did eye test after d above mentioned. Shortsigtedness, longsightedness and colour blindness.
Medicals lasted for five days. Whenever Major Bamiteko start shouting "is dat clear, is dat clear" upandan eh, just knw some candidates r about to be summourned by their village ppl. All d "big boys" gathered in d MRS, then Maj Gen Omozoje addressed the candidates, the atmosphere was worse than a burial, d silence was deafening, almost everybody in d MRS can out to witness d occassion. The board secretary took d mic and commenced, AB1 was d first casualty, brethren, more than half of d remaining candidates were dropped for one medical condition or d other, when ure called ur identity (chest number) is retrieved and u go in for counselling. I refused to pick my village people's call and 16 of us from my state were still standing after d medicals ( winch people, dem no gree go house, lol).
An exam was administered after d medicals along with a psychology test. The exam comprised of an essay "why i want to join the Nigerian army", this topic is almost always constant along with other objective questions, maths, english and current affairs. The psychology test was tricky, if u lie in d first question, be ready to lie till the end, so be wise.
We later reassemble on the parade ground were Major Bamiteko addressed us, i'm going to use verbatim here "all of u sitted here av been declared medically fit, which means i can deal with u to d fullest but i won't do that because tomorrow is going to be a life changing experience for you (interjection: d 3.2km race was slated for d next day), when ure running tomorrow, think of poverty, ure going to be running out of poverty, but when ure running and u begin to see white things please stop, or u see something like a coffin, please respect ursef (we all erupted into laughter). We retired for d day to prepare for d next day.
D next day wic was on a Saturday was a crazy day for I and my village men, because we ended our business in Serti on that very day. In d course of d medicals, we did a kind of "raffle draw" were numbers were written in papers and state leaders were asked to pick, d number he/she picks is d other in wic d interview was arranged, for example, we picked number 8, hence we were d eight state to be interviewed, that was y we did our interview on d very same day we ran. This idea was brought by d board chairman Colonel Oyekola.
At about 5am we were gathered @ d parade ground and briefed about d exercise. We marched outside d barracks were all cars were stopped and travellers became spectators. Naso we begin run o, we ran to a point and back into d barrack, we were given tags along d way so no short cut to heaven, a lady from Oyo was d "stallion" d gal run finish, sleep wake up me i still de run, lol, i heard she didn't make it d list though. Your's truly landed in 4th cage Aka i cannot coman die cage, lol. We were graded 1st cage 10 points, 2nd cage 8 points, 3rd cage 6points, 4th cage 4points and 5th cage 2points. Next was push ups and sit ups, already tired and exhausted but na we say we wan join army na, oya double up, lol. Come see different styles and forms of push ups and sit ups, i laff tire. After dat was obstacle crossing, actually na only one obstacle o, we climb one long rope like that to touch d metal bar, i couldn't do it o, aswear @ that point, my life battery was @ 1%, i just jejely go siddown, afterall dem no de beat pesin.
States with number number 1-10 were told to goan prepare for d interview dat afternoon/ evening. I was like kuku kill us na, then i remember say army job na mad man job, i reset sharply. D board chairman had already told us he doesn't want to see any form of hair on our head or face, though i had reduced d forest on my head b4 heading off to serti but some shrubs had started growing again. D fear of an officer's threat is d beginning of wisdom, i located d barber's shop and met a crowd, chai, see those yeye soldiers gladly reshaping our heads into rocks, all of us con resemble each other, lol. After d cut, went to d hostel, had my bath and wore a new set of everything: white shirt, singlet and shoe and blue short and evn boxers sef and set out to d conference room. I didn't have my interview until past 10pm, it was a friendly one, one Colonel was asking me about football, in my mind i was like " this one no knw me sha" lol, 2 field related questions, i got one and banged d other. D board president asked y i didn't apply SSC due to my young age, i had already envisaged this so my answer was a well rehearsed pitch, so he asked that if i was offered SSC instead of DSSC will i take it, my answer was yes o, all die na die, d next guy was about to ask a question, naso nepa carry light, lol, naso dem say mk i carry my wahala go o. D next morning i packed my kaya, signed out and left my beloved Serti.
2 weeks later, list was out and i couldn't find my name, for d 1st time in a long while i cried, i was so close to achieving my dream, so close to my eureka moment, but it just wasn't meant to be. Now, form is out and we go again.
PS: pardon any typo errors, biko na phone i de use type. Just felt i like doing this for posterity sake.
#victoryisfromGodalone

sikowitz17:
they said I had cardiomegaly...they were wrong

ugo4u:
You may hate the war, but never hate the ones that fight. For they do not choose when or where to fight. All they chose was to protect who they love and even the people they don't know.
Capt. Anthony Tekemeka(61rc) of all men you died iln the most glorious way. You died a hero.

Maleeq01:
My DSSC 24 experience in 20BN Serti Baruwa Taraba State.
The journey from KD to Taraba was a 2 days journey, 16 hours from KD to jalingo and 3 hours from jalingo to serti ( i hear am no b small). Arrived 20BN serti very early in the morning, was signed in at the gate and was welcomed quite hospitably, i know say na formalities sha. Some candidates were already checked in and were seated on d floor @ parade ground already (this was to be our daily routine). We were to sign in at anoda spot inside were we were issued our mattresses and some 'yaro boys' were to help us carry them and show us to our hostels. Quickly changed into my salala, carrried my file and doubled up to d parade ground, i was d second pesin from my state (Osun), d first pesin was automatically d state leader, chest numbers were scattered on d floor, I picked OS11.
D main activity kicked of d following day, we were addressed by d board secretary Lt Colonel AU Abdul, board chairman Colonel DM Oyekola, d chetah of 20BN LT Colonel MS Adamu and Board president Maj Gen AB Omozoje, we started with certificate verification, this was done in the cheetah hall, were all ur credentials were vetted and any discrepancy found meant u'll be in d next available car to ur village and this was when d 1st set of casualties occured, Naso men begin drop o, e no funny @ all, i particularly felt sorry for one of my village men, bros resumed late on friday evening, didn't come with his ECG, went along with odas who didn't come with theirs to jalingo to do it on Sunday (this was cordinated by WO Faleye, lol, if u were in serti and u don't remember Faleye, u deserve sleep guard room), and bros was evicted on Monday morning.
Next was d 'almighty medicals', actually there nothing almighty about medicals until d day result was announced, stay tunned. Medicals was done in d MRS, CMD was Colonel Okoigi, i and my village men bought dis man's job, we pin head sotey hair no gree grow for dat part of our head again. One fair lieutenant was d guy in charge of proceeding. Medicals was divided into 4 segments:
1. Vitals: weight, height and BP: Brethren watch ur weight o and knw ur BMI (Body mass index). Some guys used BP suppresants and it was detected in their blood, so be wise.
2. Blood and Urine:This one is straightforward. My advice, drink a lot of water on dat day so ur urine can be clear.
3. Physicals: lol, u can see i'm laffing already. Shey u knw d way u use to be in d bathroom, ehen, naso u go de, naked and happy, lol. They'll check ur balls, check for pile, tatoos and body inscriptions, flat foots among others. I was checked by a female, she was just playing with my john thomas
4. Xrays
They latter did eye test after d above mentioned. Shortsigtedness, longsightedness and colour blindness.
Medicals lasted for five days. Whenever Major Bamiteko start shouting "is dat clear, is dat clear" upandan eh, just knw some candidates r about to be summourned by their village ppl. All d "big boys" gathered in d MRS, then Maj Gen Omozoje addressed the candidates, the atmosphere was worse than a burial, d silence was deafening, almost everybody in d MRS can out to witness d occassion. The board secretary took d mic and commenced, AB1 was d first casualty, brethren, more than half of d remaining candidates were dropped for one medical condition or d other, when ure called ur identity (chest number) is retrieved and u go in for counselling. I refused to pick my village people's call and 16 of us from my state were still standing after d medicals ( winch people, dem no gree go house, lol).
An exam was administered after d medicals along with a psychology test. The exam comprised of an essay "why i want to join the Nigerian army", this topic is almost always constant along with other objective questions, maths, english and current affairs. The psychology test was tricky, if u lie in d first question, be ready to lie till the end, so be wise.
We later reassemble on the parade ground were Major Bamiteko addressed us, i'm going to use verbatim here "all of u sitted here av been declared medically fit, which means i can deal with u to d fullest but i won't do that because tomorrow is going to be a life changing experience for you (interjection: d 3.2km race was slated for d next day), when ure running tomorrow, think of poverty, ure going to be running out of poverty, but when ure running and u begin to see white things please stop, or u see something like a coffin, please respect ursef (we all erupted into laughter). We retired for d day to prepare for d next day.
D next day wic was on a Saturday was a crazy day for I and my village men, because we ended our business in Serti on that very day. In d course of d medicals, we did a kind of "raffle draw" were numbers were written in papers and state leaders were asked to pick, d number he/she picks is d other in wic d interview was arranged, for example, we picked number 8, hence we were d eight state to be interviewed, that was y we did our interview on d very same day we ran. This idea was brought by d board chairman Colonel Oyekola.
At about 5am we were gathered @ d parade ground and briefed about d exercise. We marched outside d barracks were all cars were stopped and travellers became spectators. Naso we begin run o, we ran to a point and back into d barrack, we were given tags along d way so no short cut to heaven, a lady from Oyo was d "stallion" d gal run finish, sleep wake up me i still de run, lol, i heard she didn't make it d list though. Your's truly landed in 4th cage Aka i cannot coman die cage, lol. We were graded 1st cage 10 points, 2nd cage 8 points, 3rd cage 6points, 4th cage 4points and 5th cage 2points. Next was push ups and sit ups, already tired and exhausted but na we say we wan join army na, oya double up, lol. Come see different styles and forms of push ups and sit ups, i laff tire. After dat was obstacle crossing, actually na only one obstacle o, we climb one long rope like that to touch d metal bar, i couldn't do it o, aswear @ that point, my life battery was @ 1%, i just jejely go siddown, afterall dem no de beat pesin.
States with number number 1-10 were told to goan prepare for d interview dat afternoon/ evening. I was like kuku kill us na, then i remember say army job na mad man job, i reset sharply. D board chairman had already told us he doesn't want to see any form of hair on our head or face, though i had reduced d forest on my head b4 heading off to serti but some shrubs had started growing again. D fear of an officer's threat is d beginning of wisdom, i located d barber's shop and met a crowd, chai, see those yeye soldiers gladly reshaping our heads into rocks, all of us con resemble each other, lol. After d cut, went to d hostel, had my bath and wore a new set of everything: white shirt, singlet and shoe and blue short and evn boxers sef and set out to d conference room. I didn't have my interview until past 10pm, it was a friendly one, one Colonel was asking me about football, in my mind i was like " this one no knw me sha" lol, 2 field related questions, i got one and banged d other. D board president asked y i didn't apply SSC due to my young age, i had already envisaged this so my answer was a well rehearsed pitch, so he asked that if i was offered SSC instead of DSSC will i take it, my answer was yes o, all die na die, d next guy was about to ask a question, naso nepa carry light, lol, naso dem say mk i carry my wahala go o. D next morning i packed my kaya, signed out and left my beloved Serti.
2 weeks later, list was out and i couldn't find my name, for d 1st time in a long while i cried, i was so close to achieving my dream, so close to my eureka moment, but it just wasn't meant to be. Now, form is out and we go again.
PS: pardon any typo errors, biko na phone i de use type. Just felt i like doing this for posterity sake.
#victoryisfromGodalone

yusufhaji:
please how many days did u spend all together in the training Is it a must that u must do the physical training perfectly. Especially for those that can't run

LexyJay02:


ECG should be electrocardiography if am right.

You said one bros was disqualified for not coming with the ECG. What is the ECG? are we to come from home with the ECG?

Again, what is the maximum BMI, I'm naturally big but I'm fit. I don reduce weight tire but I'm just big like lukaku

yusufhaji:
please how many days did u spend all together in the training Is it a must that u must do the physical training perfectly. Especially for those that can't run

Maleeq01:

He wasn't disqualified for not coming with an ECG. He was disqualified after certificate vetting ( over age). Yes, ECG is electrocardiography and you're to come to the selection board with it.
As for the BMI, i don't know what army used but the normal BMI is 18.5 - 24.9. If you can work towards achieving this, you should be fine.

LexyJay02:


We'll have to take the ECG test on camp there, or we are to come from our respective homes with it?

LexyJay02:


RIP gallant soldier.

Guys should think twice o. Don't let unemployment be your key driving factor. Either your are DSSC or SSC you will be faced with several battles at some point. Fact is majority are applying simply because there's no job in the country. If it's a country booming with several jobs.... Hmmmmm.

Know what you are signing in for, passion should be different from I no get choice.

Maleeq01:

He wasn't disqualified for not coming with an ECG. He was disqualified after certificate vetting ( over age). Yes, ECG is electrocardiography and you're to come to the selection board with it.
As for the BMI, i don't know what army used but the normal BMI is 18.5 - 24.9. If you can work towards achieving this, you should be fine.

LexyJay02:


We'll have to take the ECG test on camp there, or we are to come from our respective homes with it?

sojeee:

For Dssc u will bring it along, But for SSC, NDA will ask u to do it in their facility.

Ayopercent:

Pls how do they detect that the guy was over aged...
Some people here on this thread having started going to the bank to alter their BVN details... Pls shed more light on this.

Ayopercent:

Pls how do they detect that the guy was over aged...
Some people here on this thread having started going to the bank to alter their BVN details... Pls shed more light on this.

ijesuoboikxp1:
I'm trying to sign up but it is showing BVN already taken or use by a valid-user on the website what is happening

And this is my first time registering

KennethNnolim:


This can only mean that someone has used a random number which happens to be your BVN to register (probably a double registration trying to increase his chances of being selected). If this happens to be the case then it's not fair on ourselves. These people doing this must have gone through the thread and read that BVN details doesn't matter now until documents vetting when shortlisted. But we should be mindful of hindering a brother's progress out of selfishness. I think the only possible solution is for you to try using random numbers since they won't be verified until during screening.

Maleeq01:
My DSSC 24 experience in 20BN Serti Baruwa Taraba State.
The journey from KD to Taraba was a 2 days journey, 16 hours from KD to jalingo and 3 hours from jalingo to serti ( i hear am no b small). Arrived 20BN serti very early in the morning, was signed in at the gate and was welcomed quite hospitably, i know say na formalities sha. Some candidates were already checked in and were seated on d floor @ parade ground already (this was to be our daily routine). We were to sign in at anoda spot inside were we were issued our mattresses and some 'yaro boys' were to help us carry them and show us to our hostels. Quickly changed into my salala, carrried my file and doubled up to d parade ground, i was d second pesin from my state (Osun), d first pesin was automatically d state leader, chest numbers were scattered on d floor, I picked OS11.
D main activity kicked of d following day, we were addressed by d board secretary Lt Colonel AU Abdul, board chairman Colonel DM Oyekola, d chetah of 20BN LT Colonel MS Adamu and Board president Maj Gen AB Omozoje, we started with certificate verification, this was done in the cheetah hall, were all ur credentials were vetted and any discrepancy found meant u'll be in d next available car to ur village and this was when d 1st set of casualties occured, Naso men begin drop o, e no funny @ all, i particularly felt sorry for one of my village men, bros resumed late on friday evening, didn't come with his ECG, went along with odas who didn't come with theirs to jalingo to do it on Sunday (this was cordinated by WO Faleye, lol, if u were in serti and u don't remember Faleye, u deserve sleep guard room), and bros was evicted on Monday morning.
Next was d 'almighty medicals', actually there nothing almighty about medicals until d day result was announced, stay tunned. Medicals was done in d MRS, CMD was Colonel Okoigi, i and my village men bought dis man's job, we pin head sotey hair no gree grow for dat part of our head again. One fair lieutenant was d guy in charge of proceeding. Medicals was divided into 4 segments:
1. Vitals: weight, height and BP: Brethren watch ur weight o and knw ur BMI (Body mass index). Some guys used BP suppresants and it was detected in their blood, so be wise.
2. Blood and Urine:This one is straightforward. My advice, drink a lot of water on dat day so ur urine can be clear.
3. Physicals: lol, u can see i'm laffing already. Shey u knw d way u use to be in d bathroom, ehen, naso u go de, naked and happy, lol. They'll check ur balls, check for pile, tatoos and body inscriptions, flat foots among others. I was checked by a female, she was just playing with my john thomas
4. Xrays
They latter did eye test after d above mentioned. Shortsigtedness, longsightedness and colour blindness.
Medicals lasted for five days. Whenever Major Bamiteko start shouting "is dat clear, is dat clear" upandan eh, just knw some candidates r about to be summourned by their village ppl. All d "big boys" gathered in d MRS, then Maj Gen Omozoje addressed the candidates, the atmosphere was worse than a burial, d silence was deafening, almost everybody in d MRS can out to witness d occassion. The board secretary took d mic and commenced, AB1 was d first casualty, brethren, more than half of d remaining candidates were dropped for one medical condition or d other, when ure called ur identity (chest number) is retrieved and u go in for counselling. I refused to pick my village people's call and 16 of us from my state were still standing after d medicals ( winch people, dem no gree go house, lol).
An exam was administered after d medicals along with a psychology test. The exam comprised of an essay "why i want to join the Nigerian army", this topic is almost always constant along with other objective questions, maths, english and current affairs. The psychology test was tricky, if u lie in d first question, be ready to lie till the end, so be wise.
We later reassemble on the parade ground were Major Bamiteko addressed us, i'm going to use verbatim here "all of u sitted here av been declared medically fit, which means i can deal with u to d fullest but i won't do that because tomorrow is going to be a life changing experience for you (interjection: d 3.2km race was slated for d next day), when ure running tomorrow, think of poverty, ure going to be running out of poverty, but when ure running and u begin to see white things please stop, or u see something like a coffin, please respect ursef (we all erupted into laughter). We retired for d day to prepare for d next day.
D next day wic was on a Saturday was a crazy day for I and my village men, because we ended our business in Serti on that very day. In d course of d medicals, we did a kind of "raffle draw" were numbers were written in papers and state leaders were asked to pick, d number he/she picks is d other in wic d interview was arranged, for example, we picked number 8, hence we were d eight state to be interviewed, that was y we did our interview on d very same day we ran. This idea was brought by d board chairman Colonel Oyekola.
At about 5am we were gathered @ d parade ground and briefed about d exercise. We marched outside d barracks were all cars were stopped and travellers became spectators. Naso we begin run o, we ran to a point and back into d barrack, we were given tags along d way so no short cut to heaven, a lady from Oyo was d "stallion" d gal run finish, sleep wake up me i still de run, lol, i heard she didn't make it d list though. Your's truly landed in 4th cage Aka i cannot coman die cage, lol. We were graded 1st cage 10 points, 2nd cage 8 points, 3rd cage 6points, 4th cage 4points and 5th cage 2points. Next was push ups and sit ups, already tired and exhausted but na we say we wan join army na, oya double up, lol. Come see different styles and forms of push ups and sit ups, i laff tire. After dat was obstacle crossing, actually na only one obstacle o, we climb one long rope like that to touch d metal bar, i couldn't do it o, aswear @ that point, my life battery was @ 1%, i just jejely go siddown, afterall dem no de beat pesin.
States with number number 1-10 were told to goan prepare for d interview dat afternoon/ evening. I was like kuku kill us na, then i remember say army job na mad man job, i reset sharply. D board chairman had already told us he doesn't want to see any form of hair on our head or face, though i had reduced d forest on my head b4 heading off to serti but some shrubs had started growing again. D fear of an officer's threat is d beginning of wisdom, i located d barber's shop and met a crowd, chai, see those yeye soldiers gladly reshaping our heads into rocks, all of us con resemble each other, lol. After d cut, went to d hostel, had my bath and wore a new set of everything: white shirt, singlet and shoe and blue short and evn boxers sef and set out to d conference room. I didn't have my interview until past 10pm, it was a friendly one, one Colonel was asking me about football, in my mind i was like " this one no knw me sha" lol, 2 field related questions, i got one and banged d other. D board president asked y i didn't apply SSC due to my young age, i had already envisaged this so my answer was a well rehearsed pitch, so he asked that if i was offered SSC instead of DSSC will i take it, my answer was yes o, all die na die, d next guy was about to ask a question, naso nepa carry light, lol, naso dem say mk i carry my wahala go o. D next morning i packed my kaya, signed out and left my beloved Serti.
2 weeks later, list was out and i couldn't find my name, for d 1st time in a long while i cried, i was so close to achieving my dream, so close to my eureka moment, but it just wasn't meant to be. Now, form is out and we go again.
PS: pardon any typo errors, biko na phone i de use type. Just felt i like doing this for posterity sake.
#victoryisfromGodalone

eniolaamos7:


That's why till today Nigerian army have not been able to completely defeat the boko harams. Those at the war fronts have the brains you just talked about but not the mind. Thugs, diehard criminals are everywhere not caring if tomorrow will come. They should be enlisted into the Nigerian army and given further training. By that time we will be able to surmount the insurgents of the boko harams. People that will make the list will be brainiacs, who do not even have an iota of strength for battle. Mind you, having a huge physique does not make you qualified for battle.

KennethNnolim:


This can only mean that someone has used a random number which happens to be your BVN to register (probably a double registration trying to increase his chances of being selected). If this happens to be the case then it's not fair on ourselves. These people doing this must have gone through the thread and read that BVN details doesn't matter now until documents vetting when shortlisted. But we should be mindful of hindering a brother's progress out of selfishness. I think the only possible solution is for you to try using random numbers since they won't be verified until during screening.

emmadeking:


Lol
Bro, biko, should I continue with the application because I stopped on sighting that?
I want to be sure it's safe

Boyka007:


He should call help line. I don't think anyone has posted his or her bvn here b4. My siblings don't even know my bvn talk more of friends.

ugo4u:

Nigerians... And last minute mbagaaaari!!! e dey our blood.
You can't reprint those forms except they reopen the portal, which is unlikely. Simply look for someone that has not filled his to photocopy. I would have mailed you the soft copy but unfortunately it is not in PDF format. But seroiusly what have you being doing since? situations such as urs has being foretold weeks b4 now but why you chose to ignore the warning/heed to the advice is quite astonishing, last last na so the second coming of Christ (Rapture go be).

ugo4u:

It's possible for someone to guess most especially when the BVNs are similar, just like phone numbers. Even me sef no sabi my BVN, I had to dial the USSD code to retrieve mine.

boogie2910:
If you like go to your bank to change ur Dob if you like don't go, but trust me nobody is going to your bank to check your age. the age calculation will be done there with your first school leaving cert. the declared age will be matched with the graduation year and it must not be less than 10 yrs. that's if your Dob and ssce meets the requirements anyway.