Malala Yousafzai, a schoolgirl from Swat, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ rights to education, has attended her first day at school in the UK.
The 15-year-old activist was shot on a school bus in Swat in October last year, following which she was flown to Birmingham’s QueenElizabethHospital for specialist treatment. She has now recovered following the treatment.
Malala described starting at the city’s EdgbastonHigh School for Girls as “the most important day” of her life. She said it was her happiest moment as she was fulfilling her dream of going back to school. Malala also said she felt proud to wear the uniform because it proved that she was a student, who was living her life and learning, reported the BBC.
Malala, who is in year nine and will start her GCSE curriculum next year, said she was looking forward to learning about politics and law.
Headmistress Dr Ruth Weekes said she believed Malala needed the stability of being at school.
Malala is staying in the UK after her father Ziauddin Yousafzai was appointed education attache at the Pakistan consulate in Birmingham.