Intermediate Education (Ireland) Act, 1878

Functions of Board.

5. It shall be the duty of the Board to promote intermediate secular education in Ireland in the manner provided by this Act; (that is to say,)

(1.) By instituting and carrying on a system of public examinations of students:

(2.) By providing for the payment of prizes and exhibitions, and the giving of certificates to students:

(3.) By providing for the payment to managers of schools complying with the prescribed conditions of fees dependent on the results of public examinations of students:

(4.) Generally by applying the funds placed at the disposal of the Board for the purposes of this Act as hereby directed: Provided, that no examination shall be held in any subject of religious instruction, nor any payment made in respect thereof.