Malala Yousafzai gets admission in Oxford University
LONDON : Nobel laureate and female education activist Malala Yousafzai has been offered a place to study at the University of Oxford after her A-level results were announced on Thursday.
The UN Messenger of Peace tweeted her delight at being offered a place at Oxford. “So excited to goto Oxford !! Well done toallA-levelstudents---thehardest year. Best wishes for life ahead!” she posted, along with a screen shot of her acceptance.
She will study the PPE pathway( philosophy, politics and economics ), a course chosen by formerPakistan PrimeMinister Benazir Bhutto — a post Malala has dreamt of running for. “In Pakistan, unfortunately, they haven’ t really seen a trust worthy leader yet ,” Mal ala had told HT in an October 2015 interview.
Malala’s world changed on October 9,2012, when the Taliban targeted and shot her for her advocacy of girls’ education in Pakistan. After undergoing surgery and rehabilitation in Birmingham, she said she got a“second life” devoted to education.
She was granted the Nobel Peace prize in 2014 aged 17, along with India’ s Kai lash Sat ya rt hi for their championing of children’s rights.