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Odete Semedo

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Maria Odete da Costa Semedo, born 7 November 1959 in Bissau, is a writer and educator from Guinea-Bissau. She coordinated the Portuguese Language Project in Secondary Education beginning in 1990 and served as director of the teacher training institution Escola Normal Superior Tchico-Te. She later became Director-General of Education and then Minister of National Education from 1997 to 1999, shaping the country's education policy during that period. From 2013 to 2014 she led the University Amilcar Cabral as its first dean following the institution's restructuring, extending her leadership from secondary teacher training into higher education administration.

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1959 1
Level Worked At
Secondary 1
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    Maria Odete da Costa Semedo (born 7 November 1959 in Bissau) is a writer and educator from Guinea-Bissau.
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    7 November 1959
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    assumed the National Coordination of the Portuguese Language Project in Secondary Education
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