Malala Yousafzai, the girl who was
shot in the head Pakistan after campaigning for education for girls, has
returned to school after by extremists in being treated for her injuries in the
UK
The 15-year-old began her first day
at Edgbaston High School in Birmingham yesterday - the city's oldest
independent school for girls - where she will study the full curriculum before
selecting her GCSE options next year.
She already speaks fluent English
and her return to education speaks volumes for the cause that left her in a
life-threatening condition last October when Taliban militants shot her on her
school bus for writing a blog in support of girls' schooling.
After the attack Mala was flown to
the UK, and following a series of gruelling operations at the Birmingham Queen
Elizabeth Hospital, she was allowed to return home last month.
In a statement Malala said was
“excited” to have “achieved my dream of going back to school,” and said that
among other subjects she was looking forward to learning about the Greek gods
and taking up ancient Greek.
“I want all girls in the world to
have this basic opportunity. I miss my classmates from Pakistan very much but I
am looking forward to meeting my teachers and making new friends here in
Birmingham,” she said.
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