London, Aug 9 : Girls in the UK should be taught feminism at school in a bid to stop them from being too negative about their own sexuality, says a leading academic.

According to Dr Jessica Ringrose, a lecturer in the sociology of gender at London''s Institute of Education, girls should learn about strong female role models and gender equality to stop from them being disrespectful to each other.

Washington, Aug 5: When it comes to teaching sensitive subjects like sex, students learn more if taught by their regular classroom teacher, says a new study.

A strong student-teacher relationship can play a key role in learning health and sex education. Students feel more comfortable with regular teachers and are able to joke around and laugh with the teachers, but also take them more seriously, find researchers from Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky.

Melbourne, July 30 : Computer games have always been considered a waste of time, but now schools in Australia are looking at ways to use them to help kids learn.

Helen Stuckey from Australian Centre for the Moving Image said that the fun kids derive from playing a game could be applied to learning.

A study on what makes gaming so much of fun revealed a phenomenon called ‘flow’ - a feedback loop between the level of challenge and the level of skill.

"Flow happens not when you''re relaxed but when you''re actively involved in something that''s quite difficult in a task that stretches you and challenges your ability," The Daily Telegraph quoted her, as saying.

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.