The President of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Dr. Jorge Haddock, informs the best teachers that the Central Administration initiates the management to facilitate the voluntary vacancy of teachers and non-teachers of the university system.
“As we hear from the outbreak provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic, we take proactive measures to prevent contact between our students and employees. As a first step, following the recommendations of the health authorities, we will identify the teaching staff and the teaching interested in vacancies, in a way that facilitates the logistics of the evacuation process of our population. I am confident that this management will be more efficient, in addition to protecting health and safety, we will be able to return the classes in the formality presented next semester which will start in August of 2121 “, Haddock said, anticipating that in recent meetings to realize proof that the virus is detected.
For its part, the dean of the Inquiry into the Recinto of Medical Sciences of the UPR, Dr. Carmen D. Zorrilla, states that “it is important that the staff of the university community complete the form online. This information will help us to establish a evacuation process, organized and through citations, agile and in coordination with the Department of Health and the National Guard in each of the units in which the initiative is implemented ”.
For more information, UPR teachers and non-teachers can communicate with the Human Resources Office of the United States, as well as the Central Administration of the institution, following up on the following e-mail: [email protected].
The UPR has a matriculation number of around 50,000 students and 11,000 employees, approximately, between teachers and non-teachers.