In this Act and in all regulations made thereunder unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context--

(a) Board means the Board of Secondary Education constituted under Section 3;

(b) Examination means examination conducted by the Board;

(c) Examiner shall include a paper setter;

(d) Government means Government of the State of Orissa;

(e) Headmaster or Headmistress means the head of the teaching staff of a recognised Secondary School by whatever name he or she may be designated;

(f) High School means an Educational Institution preparing candidates for the final examination of the Board and recognised as such by the Board;

(g) Institution means an institution imparting Secondary Education and includes part of an institution;

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(i) Prescribed means prescribed by regulations made by the Board under this Act;

(j) Registered Teacher means a teacher who is registered in pursuance of a regulation made in that behalf by the Board and is engaged in teaching;

(k) Recognition means recognition for the purpose of admission to the privileges of the Board including its examination and recognise with its grammatical variations shall be constituted accordingly;

(l) Regulation means a regulation made or deemed to have been made to the Board under this Act;

(m) Secondary Education means such general, special and vocational education forming in itself a complete a purposive whole, which follows immediately such stage of education as has been defined as primary or basic education in the Orissa Basic Education Act, 1951 (Orissa Act XVIII of 1951) and precedes immediately the stage of education controlled by the University established by law in the State of Orissa;

(n) State means the State of Orissa;

(o) Secondary School shall include the following 1[* * *]. High School, 2[Higher Secondary School], Post Basic School, Agricultural High School, Technical School, School of Arts and Crafts, School of Music, School of Physical Education and such other Institutions as may be recognised by the Board;

(p) Text Book means any book prescribed or recommended for the examination.