Section 8Sec./Art. 8

Creation of the PSHS Board of Trustees. - There shall be created a Board of Trustees, hereinafter referred to as the Board, composed of the following members:

(a) Secretary of Science and Technology, as ex officio Chairperson;

(b) Secretary of Education, as ex officio Vice Chairperson;

(c) President of the University of the Philippines;

(d) Executive Director of the PSHS;

(e) Director of the Science Education Institute;

(f) President of the PSHS National Alumni Association;

(g) Chairpersons of the Committee on Science and Technology of the Senate and the House of Representatives, as ex officio members;

(h) One (1) representative each from the private sector, representing higher education, child development professionals or practitioners, industry, agriculture, and new emerging technologies.

The private sector representatives shall be appointed by the Board upon recommendation of a duly constituted search committee. The private sector representatives shall serve a term of four (4) years.