London, Jan 9 : Japanese government is under attack for its apparent attempts to rewrite its wartime past in the new school textbooks.

The government had decided two years ago to delete or rewrite references to 1945 Battle of Okinawa in the history books, where the military apparently forced the civilians into mass suicides faced with defeat.

According to new reports, education officials have agreed to restore the passages in new books, but it will not contain the word "forced" in the context of the Imperial Army''s role in the suicides.

New Delhi, Jan 9 : The Union Cabinet today approved amendments to the National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions Act 2004.

The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions was established through the promulgation of an Ordinance dated November 11, 2004.

The Ordinance was replaced by the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act 2004 (2 of 2005) which was notified on January 6, 2005.

Hong Kong - Up to 80 Hong Kong schools could be given the choice of switching back to teaching in English, eleven years after a "mother-tongue" policy ordered them to teach in Chinese, government officials confirmed Friday.

The proposal, submitted to lawmakers on Thursday, is aimed at improving English-language standards which have fallen since Hong Kong ceased to be a British colony in 1997.

It would, if approved, give a number of schools where a large proportion of pupils are high-achievers the choice of teaching students in English.

Other secondary schools would have the option of using English for one quarter of lessons.

The students who have given CAT (Common Admission Test) exam in November 2008 will be able to access their results on the website: http://results.catiim.in from today.

CAT applicants can also access their results by sending an ‘SMS’ through their mobile phone.

In order to access the results, users can type ‘CAT’ together with their ‘test registration number’ followed by their application number, and SMS it to ‘57333’.

New Delhi, Jan 2 : The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved the implementation of a centrally sponsored scheme to universalise access to and improve quality of education at secondary stage, called Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) during the 11th Five Year Plan.

As regards the financing pattern and fund flow, Union Government shall bear 75 per cent of the project expenditure during the 11th Five Year Plan, with 25 per cent of the cost to be borne by State Governments.

Here’s great news for the engineering students.

Noted US software developer, Richard M Stallman is in Hyderabad to oversee the migration of thousands of computers from proprietary to free software.

Stallman, popularly known as the ‘Father of free software’, on Wednesday will launch the process of installation of an indigenous operating system (OS) called e-Swecha on 21,000 computers across Andhra Pradesh starting Tuesday in TRR College.