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Education is compulsory in Puerto Rico between the ages of six and seventeen years. 3L.P.R.A. §391 (a). Attendance in public elementary and secondary schools is compulsory for students except for those students attending "schools established under non-governmental auspices."
The PRDOE is the state education agency in charge of managing public schools in Puerto Rico as well as the island's education system and curricula. [1] The department, headquartered in Hato Rey, San Juan, [2] is the result of a United States state department of education. It is also the largest agency of the executive branch of Puerto Rico ...
The University of Puerto Rico ( Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico, UPR) is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 44,200 students and approximately 4,450 faculty members. [4]
Education in Puerto Rico is divided in three levels—Primary (elementary school grades 1–6), Secondary (intermediate and high school grades 7–12), and Higher Level (undergraduate and graduate studies). As of 2002, the literacy rate of the Puerto Rican population was 94.1%; by gender, it was 93.9% for males and 94.4% for females.
t. e. The secretary of education of Puerto Rico is responsible for the development and management of all educational matters in the government of Puerto Rico and heads the Department of Education. [2] There have been three types of secretaries in the history of Puerto Rico. The first were the education commissioners established in 1899 after ...
The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus ( Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras; UPR-RP, or informally La IUPI [7]) is a public land-grant research university [8] in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the largest campus in the University of Puerto Rico system in terms of student population and it was Puerto Rico's ...
According to the 2015 Race and Hispanic Origin estimate (2011–2015 American Community Survey) published by the US Census Bureau, the data for Puerto Rico was as follows: [29] White alone 2,495,997. Black or African American alone 301,519. American Indian and Alaska Native alone 11,775. Asian alone 10,159.
Campus. 145 acres (0.59 km 2 ), Urban. Website. www.cayey.upr.edu. The University of Puerto Rico in Cayey ( UPR-Cayey) is a public university in Cayey, Puerto Rico. It is part of the University of Puerto Rico System. It was initially founded as a regional school in 1967 and became a college in 1969. It was awarded autonomy in April 1982.