Membership of the Board

(1) The Board shall be composed of persons nominated by the various organizations referred to in sub-section (2) and shall be duly constituted once all the members thereof have been appointed by the Minister. (2) The Board shall consist of not more than fifteen members and shall include the following persons– (a) one alumni representative nominated by the Alumni Association; (b) one student representative nominated by the Student Association; (c) one Faculty representative nominated by the full-time Faculty of the University; (d) one representative nominated by the Association of Tertiary Level Institutions of Belize. Such representative shall not be the University’s representative on the Association of Tertiary Level Institutions of Belize; (e) one National Trade Union Congress representative nominated by the National Trade Union Congress of Belize; (f) one person appointed by the Minister; (g) one representative of non-governmental and civil society organisations in Belize nominated by the Civil Society Steering (h) one representative of the Council of Churches nominated by the Council of Churches; 9 (i) three private sector representatives from agriculture, industry and tourism nominated (j) one representative from the National Council of Education nominated by that Council; (k) one senior official of the Ministry of Education; (l) one senior official of the Ministry of Health; or (m) one senior official of the Ministry of Agriculture. (3) The Chairperson of the Board shall be elected by the Board from amongst members of the Board. (4) The President of the University shall be the Secretary to the Board, and his office shall be the Board’s Secretariat. He shall have a right to speak at Board meetings but shall not have a right to vote.