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The aims of the Board shall be to provide secondary and higher secondary and such other courses of education as it may deem necessary to provide and, for this purpose grant affiliation to the required number of such schools in the territory; to pay special attention to the improvement of the secondary and higher secondary education and such other courses of education as it may deem necessary to do, so that it meets the required needs and standards of economic and social development; to provide adequate facilities for educational and professional advancement of socially and educationally backward communities; to take such steps and such measures as may lead to intellectual, academic, physical and cultural development of the youth. Powers and duties of the Board