Under the Universities Act of 1904, universities were given the authority to recognise:

Under the Universities Act of 1904, universities could recognise secondary schools.

School boards were not the bodies universities were empowered to recognise.

Literacy missions did not exist in the form this choice suggests.

Elementary schools fell outside the recognition power granted here.

The Act tightened university control and linked them to school-leaving standards.

This Act followed Lord Curzon's drive to reform Indian universities.