(1) hold free tests annually for the purpose of determining the basic knowledge of the examinees in terms of the formal education required for graduation from high school in the fundamental fields of knowledge;
(2) announce these tests six (6) months in advance and to place at the disposal of the candidates the facilities of the Department of Education;
(3) admit to such tests, without any other prerequisite, every applicant who meets the following requirements:
(a) is at least eighteen years of age;
(b) In the case of an applicant who discontinued school prior to graduation; provided, that the class in which the applicant was enrolled at the time he discontinued school shall have graduated at the time the test is taken by the applicant;
(c) possesses the moral qualification required for the granting of a high school diploma; and
(d) Repealed. March 14, 1967, No. 1877, Sess. L. 1967, § 2, p. 45.
(4) extend to each candidate who passes such tests, at the standards fixed by the Commissioner of Education, a diploma which shall, for every academic and legal purpose, be equivalent to a high school diploma.