Section 5Sec./Art. 5

The Board of Trustees shall exercise for the Eastern Visayas Science High School all the powers and prerogatives of the board of directors of a private corporation.

It shall also have the following powers and duties:

a. To fix the site of the Eastern Visayas Science High School in Tacloban City or in Palo, Leyte;

b. To receive and appropriate to the ends specified by law such sums as may be provided by law for the support of the high school;

c. To approve appointments made and contracts entered into by the Director in connection with the employment of professors, instructors, lecturers, and other employees of the high school, subject to the provisions of Section Eleven of this Act; to fix their compensation and other conditions of employment; and to remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing shall have been had;

d. To approve the curricula, course of study, and rules of discipline drawn up by the Executive Council as hereinafter provided;

e. To provide fellowships for faculty members and approve the grant of scholarships, stipends and such other allowances to deserving students;

f. To approve the issuance of certificates or diplomas to successful candidates for graduation;

g. To provide its own rules of procedures and to prescribe for the administration of the high school such general rules and regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the purpose of the high school as defined in Section Two of this Act;

h. To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and donations of real and personal property of all kinds and to administer the same in accordance with the directions and instructions of the donor and, in default thereof, in such manner as the Board of Trustees may in its discretion determine for the benefit of the high school or for aid to any of its students; and

i. To establish the criteria for the selection and admission of students which shall include, among other criteria, competitive examinations among graduates of elementary schools in Region VIII-Eastern Visayas only.