HYDERABAD: Sudden spurt in the numbers of admissions of children of Gulf workers in a number of Hyderabad’s schools is the signals that non-resident Indians are returning home, according to Times Of India reports.
“We have reports that more numbers of students from Saudi Arabia are visiting schools in Hyderabad. Their first preference is schools which follow CBSE system. Most admissions are being sought in schools located in Asifnagar, Mehdipatnam and Tolichowki areas,” Fazlur Rahman Khurram, president of Private Schools Management, said.
The new ‘expatriate dependant fee’, levied by Saudi government from 1 July, has set alarm bells ringing forcing Indians NRI workers, who make up the largest expatriate community in the kingdom to consider returning to India.
“Parents are saying that living in Saudi Arabia with families is becoming increasingly expensive, so many of them are sending them to India,” the report quoted M A Lateef, Chairman, MS Group of Schools, as saying.