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)
