India supports community initiatives for new schools in GCC

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The Indian government supports initiatives to start schools in Gulf countries teaching the Indian curriculum, the Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, told India’s Parliament.

However, “opening of new schools by the Indian community in the Gulf depends on requirements for the same and is subject to approval of local authorities in the countries concerned,” Muraleedharan told Jose K Mani, member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper House of Parliament, in answer to the member’s question,…