Section 8 — Power and function of the Board.

Subject to any general or special order of the Government, the Board shall have the powers to supervise, regulate and develop primary education in the State and, in part

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(a) To prescribed courses of study and syllabi, including the use of mother tongue in Primary Schools;

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(b) To conduct examinations and declare the results, thereof;

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(c) To award certificates, prizes, scholarships and other incentives to the students;

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(d) To publish or select text or supplementary books for the primary schools;

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(e) To grant recognition of primary schools for various purposes;

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(f) To advise Government on recognition and development and on other matters concerning primary education including matters relating to physical, moral and social welfare of all students;

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(g) To prescribed qualifications for teachers;

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(h) To receive and administer grants from Government and donations from private individual or associations;

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(i) To hold property, movable or immovable, and to dispose such property with prior approval of the Government; and

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(j) To do all such things as may be necessary for the purpose of this Act or the rules or regulations framed there under.