Francesca Vieira is celebrating 50 years in the education sector.
According to a release from the Ministry of Education, she hails from the Moruca Sub-region, Region One, where she attended and obtained her primary and post-primary education from the Santa Rosa Primary School. She joined the teaching profession in September 1971 at the same school.
The release said that Vieira then upgraded her qualifications and gained entry into the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) in 1977. She graduated as a Trained Grade 1 Class 1 Teacher (Assistant Mistress) in 1979. The release said that it was her ultimate goal to return to serve at Santa Rosa Primary School but because of ill health she was appointed at Montrose Primary School, East Coast Demerara, where she served for ten years.
