Bonus Error on 200 New Teachers
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ABOUT 200 new teachers have been told to return a large chunk of a bonus payout which had been credited to them by mistake six months ago.
The affected teachers were initially given until Oct 8 to return the overpaid amounts, which is in the region of $2,000 each, depending on the individual teacher's salary.
But the Ministry of Education (MOE) has since extended the deadline to the end of the year after requests from some of the affected teachers.
For those who cannot repay the full amount, a ministry spokesman said it would consider each case separately and allow them to repay in instalments.
The spokesman told The Straits Times that the mistake resulted from a 'system error' which affected a batch of about 200 teachers who graduated from the National Institute of Education (NIE) last December.
ST (16/09/2009)
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Liddat those affected really sian totally.
