Document Library: Text Info

Publishing Information

The first known record relating to education in Puerto Rico may be said to be a royal order dated March 20, 1503 to Nicolás de Ovando, Governor General of the West Indies. This decree ordered that a church be built in each settlement, together with an adjoining house where children might assemble twice a day to be taught by the priest to read and write. >>more...>>

Title: "Education," from Puerto Rico: A Guide to the Island of Boriquén
Author: Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
Date: 1940

Publisher: The University Society, Inc. New York
Type: American Guide Series

Listed Under:
Education

Puerto Rico

Notes: From Puerto Rico: A Guide to the Island of Boriquén
Compiled and Written by the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration in Co-operation with the Writer's Program of the Work Projects Administration
American Guide Series
Sponsored by the Puerto Rico Department of Education
The University Society, Inc. New York, 1940, p. 120-129.