Kakinada, Sept. 20 -- Andhra Pradesh Education and IT Minister Nara Lokesh on Sunday called for integrating moral values with education to restore the country's past glory and enhance India's global standing.
Addressing the `Bharatiyam' patriotic programme organised by spiritual preacher and government adviser Chaganti Koteswara Rao at the Akundi Lakshmi Memorial Gosala premises in Thimmapuram on the outskirts of Kakinada, Lokesh said education should remain free from political influence and focus on building responsible citizens.
He said the government had for the first time publicised the names and photographs of students who secured top ranks in government schools through newspapers and television channels, which he said had contribute...