LONDON - Young children in Britain as young as four are to be taught about homosexuality in their maths, geography, science and English textbooks.

NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Tuesday said that there should be a level playing field so that students from all sections of society can attend premier institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology.

NEW DELHI - Veteran Malayalam poet O.N.V. Kurup and Oriya poet Sitakant Mahapatra are among 25 people named for the Padma honours in the field of literature and education this year.

WASHINGTON - Hundreds of Indian students, mostly from Andhra Pradesh, face the prospect of being deported from the US after a "sham" university in California was shut down for allegedly selling US visa to willing students.

NEW DELHI - As schools in the national capital have been reported not cooperating in taking students from economically weaker sections, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday said it is the state governments' responsibility to ensure that schools implement the Right to Education Act.