Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Subject to the prov1s1ons of this Act ~utid of the the powers and dut '.es of the Board shall be , s oar • follows, namely:- ( i) to prescribe courses of instruction for High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools, (ii) to conduct examinations based on such courses, (iii.) to admit to its examinations, on con- ditions that may be prescribed by regulations, candi- dates who have pursued the prescribed courses of instruction and also to take such disciplinary action against cand~dates as may be prescribed by regulations, , 141 (iv) to demand and receive such fees as may, be prescribed by regulations, (v) to publish the results of its examina· tions, - (vi) to grant certificates to stwlents passing the examinations, (vii) to institute and award scholarships, prizes etc., (viii) to prepare, publisli and select text books and supplementary bcoks, - (ix) to lay down conditions of rec')gnition of High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools, (x) to recognise High Schools and Higher ~ econ dary Schools and to withdraw such recQgnition, (xi) to take such disciplinary action as it thinks fit against institutions as prescribed by regula- tions, . (xii) to adopt measures for studv a11d exa· mination of problems in the field of Secondary Education, · (xiii) to advise Government on physical, moral aud social welfare of students in recognised institutions, and to prescribe conditions of their resi- dence and discipline, (xiv) to prescribe nec:ssary qualifications of teachers in recognised schools, (xv) to prescribe courses of instrnction in Under-graduate Teachers Training Institutions and to hold examinations on such courses and to award certificates, (xZ>i) to recognise Under-graduate Teachers Training Institutions and to withdraw recognition, (xvii) to organi~e seminars and provide in. service Teachers Training courses, (xviii) to receive grants from Government and donations from private individuals or ~ssociations for sr,ecific or general purposes-, ~ (xix) to call for reports from the Director of Public Instruction on the conditions of recognised institutions or of institutions applying for recognition, (xx) to advise Government on re-organirn- tirn and development of Secondary Education, (xxi) to advise Government relating to any matter within the provisions of this Act on which the Government may consult the Board, (xxii) to appoint officers and other emp!oyees of the Board, and to prescribe by regulations the terms and conditions of their service, (xxiii) to iustitute bv regulations for the benefit of it~ officer~ and other employees such pension, gratuity and provident fund as it may deem fit in such manner, and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations, " • .. 142 (xxiv) to delegate any of its powers to any Committee constituted under this Act, \x~v) to administer the Secondary Educa· tion Board Fund, (xxvi) to receive, purchase and hold any property, movable or immovable, which may become vested in it, and to dispose of all or any of the proper- ty, movabl e or immovable belonging to it, and also do z:l l other acts incidental or "ppertaining thereto ; and (xxvii) to do all such acts and things as may be necessa1y to carry out the purposes of the Act. Powen of