by Kimberly Spykerman

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.

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