A 42-year old Romanian lady who has worked for three years as a school cleaner, has been appointed as a substitute teacher after passing her competency exam.

However, Rodica Sandu who is now a substitute teacher in a school in Teleg village, Neamt county, refused to give up her cleaning chores.

"I don't want to quit my cleaning job because I am old and it's steady," Sandu said. "Who knows how long I can be a substitute teacher and there is less competition for the cleaning job."

"But it's good now that I can teach students during English classes not to throw away their litter and keep the school clean."

"We appreciate Mrs Sandu for both her jobs in the school. It is something unusual but not illegal," School head teacher Gheorghe Tepes said.

Sandu now teaches English to primary school pupils.