A free content video streamed from Vimeo Frances Ferreira, COL.

Frances Ferreira joined the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) as Education Specialist, Basic Education and Open Schooling, on 22 January 2007.

From 1996 to 2006, Frances, who is a teacher by profession, was Director of the state-owned Namibian College of Open Learning. As the institution's first chief executive, she facilitated the strategic positioning of NAMCOL, both nationally and internationally.

Previously, Frances served the Namibian community as a teacher and school principal. She also became the first female Mayor of Grootfontein in 1994 and, in 1995, was elected as Vice-President of the Association of Local Authorities in Namibia.

Biography text adapted from http://www.col.org/about/staff/Pages/fferreira.aspx

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