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Power and functions of the Board :- Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall have the following powers and functions, namely- (a) to prescribe courses of instruction for recognised institutions in such branches of Secondary Education as it may think fit ; 1[(b) to take steps to co-ordinate Secondary Education with University Education on the one side and Primary or Basic Education on the other and if necessary for this purpose, to take such steps as it deems proper for preparing syllabi and text books for primary and middle school classes.] (c) to make regulations for the purpose of prescribing and recommending any book as a text-book or a handbook and to undertake compilation and publication of such books ; (d) to make regulations for imposing penalties for acts of misconduct of