Subject to the provisions of this Act the Board shall have the following powers, namely :
[(I) to prescribe courses of instructions, text-books, other books and instructional material, if any, for the High School and Intermediate classes in such branches of education as it thinks fit ;
(I-A) to publish or manufacture, whether to the exclusion, complete or partial, of others or otherwise all or any of such text-books, other books or instructional material ; ]
(2-a) to grant diplomas or certificates to persons who have pursued a course of study in an institution admitted to the privileges of recognition by the Board, or
(b) are teachers ; or
(c) have studied privately, under conditions laid down in the Regulations, and have passed the examinations of the Board under like conditions ;
(3) to conduct examinations at the end of the High School and Intermediate courses ;
(4) to recognize institutions for the purposes of its examinations;
(5) to admit candidates to its examinations ;
(6) to demand and receive such fees as may be prescribed in the Regulations ;
[(7) to publish or withhold publication of the results of its examinations wholly or in part ] ;
(8) to co-operate with other authorities in such manner and for such purposes as the Board may determine ;
(9) to call for reports from [the Director] on the condition of recognized institutions or of institutions applying for recognition ;
(10) to submit to the [State Government] its views on any matter with which it is concerned ;
(11) to see the schedules of new demands proposed to be included in the budget relating to institutions recognized by it and to submit, if it thinks fit, its views thereon for the consideration of the [State Government] ;
(12) to do all such other acts and things as may be requisite in order to further the objects of the Board as a body constituted for regulating and supervising High School and Intermediate Education.