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School cleaner appointed teacher

A Romanian school cleaning lady has been given a second job - as a teacher. Rodica Sandu teaches English to primary school pupils in Teleg village, Neamt county, as a substitute teacher. She has worked for three years as a cleaner at the school and became a part-time teacher after passing her competency exam.

Mrs Sandu said: “It’s good now that I can teach students during English classes not to throw away their litter and keep the school clean.”

Head of the local school inspectorate, Grigorul Oniciuc, said the situation was caused by lack of interest among young teachers in working in rural schools. He said: “It is sad that things have come to this but there is nothing wrong. It is even encouraging when you see a person who wants to work and develop professionally.”

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

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .