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Regulation of Education:- (1) The State Government may regulate general education, science education, commerce education, agriculture/horticulture education, computer education, professional skill, vocational education, physical education, art education, and special education in and at elementary/ secondary/higher secondary levels as are prescribed in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) The State Government may towards that end, (a) establish and maintain educational institutions on the line and basis of all or any of the principle, guidelines, instructions, norms, rules and regulations as may be deemed appropriate given by the Council oflndian School Certificate Examination or Central Board of Secondary Education or National Institute of Open Schooling. (b) establish and maintain Teacher Education Institutions on the line and basis of all or any of the principle, guidelines, instructions, norms, rules and regulations as may be deemed appropriate given by the National Council for Teacher Education. (c) permit any local authority or a private body of persons to establish educational institutions and maintain them according to such specifications as may be prescribed: ( d) require registration of educational institution including tutorial institutions : (e) recognize educational institutions; (f) grant aid to any recognized educational institutions in furtherance of the objects of this Act ; 492 (g) regulate the admission including the minimum or maximum number of pupils to be admitted to any course in any educational institution or class of such institutions, and the minimum age for such admission. (h) prescribe the conditions for eligibility for admissions to any educational institution or class of such institutions. (i) establish hostels or recognize private hostels and frame rules to be followed for providing grant-in-aid to recognized private hostels, (j) permit or establish institutions imparting education in arts, crafts, music, dance, drama or such other fine arts, physical education including sports: (k) permit and establish institutions for inter-village/primary, elementary, secondary and higher secondary education, District Institute of Education & Training (DIET), District Resource Centre(DRC). State Institute ofEducation (SIE), State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) or centers for adult education, non-formal education, National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and other similar institutions or centres; (1) take from time to time such other steps as the State Government may consider necessary or expedient.