HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw approves education amendment bill: "Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April — The Pyithu Hluttaw on Tuesday approved the national education amendment bill, which came to the parliament with changes from the Amyotha Hluttaw and the Bill Committee. Pyithu Hluttaw approves education amendment bill The Amyotha Hluttaw and the Bill Committee had made 50 changes and 45 changes respectively to the education amendment bill, with the Pyithu Hluttaw accepting their amendments after discussing them clause by clause."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: A&I ministry deals with queries at Upper House session: "Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April — Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Khin Zaw was in Amyotha Hluttaw session on Tuesday, answering queries about water storage facilities and a rural development bank. Replying to the question of U Aung Chit Lwin, an MP of Sagaing region constituency No 11, the deputy minister said a fund for construction of onewall reservoir in Homalin Township, Hkamti District, in northwestern Myanmar has not been proposed in the regional government budget of 2015-2016 fiscal year despite benefits of this suggested water facility to irrigate more than 550 acres of paddy farms. Regarding the query about formation of a management committee on water storage facilities, U Khin Zaw also said Myanmar National Committee on Large Dams has been legalized on February 27 this year, and the executive board of the committee is open to all civil service employees. He also said the ministry has not planned to open an outlet of Myanma Agricultural Development Bank in Waingmaw Township in Kachin State in consideration of budget allocation in 2015-2016 fiscal year."..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein tours tea and rubber plantations in Homalin...Business federation seeks input on reforming 100-year-old Companies Act...Dailies to come out alternately during New Year holiday...Vice President U Nyan Tun stresses reliable statistics for sound policies...Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services tours Rakhine State...Union ministers present gifts to Hkamti Township...Students join scholarship tests for middle and high schools...Students to receive three-storey building in Pabedan Tsp...Asphalt road commissioned into service in Zabuthiri Township...Habitat destruction threatens golden deer population...Kanaungsu Ward wins Hinthada football tournament...Bridge under construction on inter-district road...Workshop emphasizes importance of libraries to community...Two new concrete bridges span Pyaungbok Creek in Sagaing Region...Link connections installed for electric safety of people...MFF issues tentative list of women?s national team..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Business federation seeks input on reforming 100-year-old Companies Act...Mr. Lee Luong Minh, Secretary General, ASEAN Secretariat welcomes signing for draft agreement of Nationwide Ceasefire...Overseas employment agencies informed of code of conduct...Myanmar golfers win prizes in boy classes...Myanmar investigates alleged enslavement of fishermen in Indonesia...Myanmar, Thai entrepreneurs showcase foodstuffs, personal goods..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Age-inappropriate teaching can limit children?s progress" by Aung Khin..... ARTICLE: "Ushering in the Thingyan Festival" by Myo Myint