Muscat, Oct. 12 -- Telugu-speaking expatriates working in Oman will receive financial support to pursue higher education, with a company offering to sponsor tuition fees and provide paid leave during examinations.

Sheikh Madar, chief executive officer of Golden Purity Investment Company, announced that he would personally cover the first-year tuition fees of employees who enrol in online programmes offered by Dr B R Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU), Hyderabad. He also assured employees that they could take paid leave during examination periods.

The announcement was made at a recent awareness programme in Oman organised to introduce the university's online education opportunities to Telugu-speaking expatriates in the Gulf.

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