more-in Former IPS officer V.V. Lakshminarayana is of the view that nationalisation of education will usher in a better, value-based system ridding it of the present obsession with marks. He said the reform should be akin to nationalisation of banks in 1969 with an objective of bringing value-based education back. He was answering a question on the predicament of parents vis-à-vis growing privatisation of education in a brief interaction with media during the inauguration of a new building for Vasanta Bala Vidyodaya (VBV) School. It was important to go back to the roots of every issue to find out solutions, he said. Mr. Lakshminarayana, who quit IPS voluntarily recently, said he was interested in going to the roots of problems of farmers and irrigation and taking them to the government’s notice in an effort to find a solution. The former IPS officer, who interacted with farmers at Tummapala on Saturday, said the V.V. Ramana sugar factory could be revived if the government sanctioned ?30 crore. Earlier, opening the new school building constructed by VBV Alumni Welfare Society at a cost of ?65 lakh, he said if every student gave back to his alumnus, educational institutions could be vastly improved and recalled such an effort at Srisailam by him and other alumni. He lauded the contribution of Dr. Sumana, who got the entire first floor constructed spending about ?30 lakh in the name of her parents. The ‘G+1’ new building that came in place of the old one constructed in 1980 comprised a hall for cultural programmes, three classrooms and an office room, totalling 3000 sft. Theosophical Society all-India general secretary Pradip H Gohil, Dr. Sumana’s parents D.V. Raju and Leelarani, association president K. Ramakrishna, executive member P. Srinivasa Raju, architect Ravikiran, structural engineer Ramananda Sagar, MD of CMR Mavvuri Venkata Ramana participated.

Stay updated with all the Latest Visakhapatnam headlines here. For more exclusive & live news updates from all around India, stay connected with NYOOOZ.