London, July 29: Kids as young as 11 should be given compulsory sex health education at school, a British Government-backed report has suggested.

According to the report, school kids ought to be taught about sexually transmitted infections like Chlamydia that can cause infertility.

Academics should also discuss contraceptive methods in a bid to cut rising numbers of teen pregnancies.

The report found STI and HIV rates were rising while demand for abortions was also on the up.

Kuala Lumpur, July 29 : National Council of Tamil Youth Bell Club (TYBC) has urged Malaysian Education Ministry to not deregister schools with 50 or fewer children.

TYBC president P. Ponniah said that many estate Tamil schools had fewer than 50 children per school and should be allowed to continue and not merged.

Malaysia Nanban quoted him as saying that the schools’ management should open the schools to families in nearby new housing estates.

Ponniah said that at present many parents were forced to send their children to national schools, as there were no Tamil schools nearby and also because of the transportation problems.

New Delhi, July 29: Minister of State for Human Resource Development (Higher Education), D. Purandeswari will inaugurate the ‘e-INDIA 2008’0020 (digital learning) conference and exhibition here today.

The three-day conference is being organised by Centre for Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS).

The first day will have four sessions, the highlight of which will be the inauguration by the Minister and the opening plenary which will be on Leading Change in e-Education: How to Succeed Amid Endless Challenge.

Kuala Lumpur, July 25 : Tamil schools in Malaysia need to be brought on par with other schools in the country in terms of funding and facilities, the president of the Malaysian Indian Business Association (MIBA), P. Sivakumar, has said.

New Delhi, July 23 : Union Minister for Human Resource and Development, Arjun Singh today said that the Centre Government has increased the target of enrolment ratio to16 in the higher and technical education for the current five year plan.

Inaugurating the conference of States Ministers for Higher and Technical Education here, he said that this is five percent more than the present ratio.

The Minister also called for sustained efforts and full cooperation at both central and state level to achieve the objective.

New York, July 21: A humorous new book by financial whiz kid Amit Chatwani has given a cheeky insight into America''s top business schools.