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The first were the education commissioners established in 1899 after Puerto Rico was succeeded to the United States from Spain. The second were the secretaries of public instruction after the predecessor of the Department of Education —the Department of Public Instruction— was formally established by law.
It is also the largest agency of the executive branch of Puerto Rico, with, as of 2019, an annual budget of more than $3.5 billion USD [3] and over 72,000 staff—including more than 41,000 teachers, [4] [5] and as of 2020 the department is the third-largest school district in the United States by enrollment, with over 276,413 students and 857 ...
The Council of Education of Puerto Rico —Spanish: Consejo de Educación de Puerto Rico (CEPR)— is an agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico and the governing body that administers public policy on education standards in Puerto Rico, as well as issuing licenses to establish and operate educational institutions in Puerto Rico. [1]
This list of universities and colleges in Puerto Rico includes colleges and universities in Puerto Rico that grant bachelor's degrees and/or post-graduate master's and doctorate degrees. The list does not include community colleges (alternatively called junior colleges ) that grant two-year associate's degrees .
The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico; shortened to PUPR in English and UPPR in Spanish, and informally referred to as Poly) is a private university based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with additional campuses in Orlando and Miami, Florida, as well as an online virtual campus.
The University of Puerto Rico-Humacao (Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao, UPRH or UPR-Humacao) is a public college in Humacao, Puerto Rico. It is part of the University of Puerto Rico. Its campus is home to the UPRH Astronomical Observatory and the college graduates more majors in chemistry, physics, and mathematics than any other ...
[a] As with many other countries, the profession of engineering and land surveying is both regulated and licensed in Puerto Rico; while another entity, namely the Puerto Rico Examining Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors, regulates the profession and emits its corresponding licenses, the Puerto Rico Annotated Codes and Act 173 of 1988 ...
The Chief of Staff of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Secretario de la Gobernación de Puerto Rico) is the highest-ranking officer in the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico after the governor and the secretary of state.