A role model becomes ever more popular globally.
Dileep Thekkethil
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Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Prize winner and a crusader of education for girls, has another reason to be proud of: she passed her General Certificate of Secondary Education exams (GCSEs) with top grades, once again showing why is a role model for millions of girls worldwide.
The 18-year-old Malala, who has been a pupil at the all-girls’ Edgbaston High School in Birmingham, England since 2013, today achieved a string of As and A*s in her GCSE, an exam that is considered most important by British teenagers, equivalent to High School Exams.
The news about Malala’s stunning achievement was announced by her father on Twitter. He wrote on the wall “My wife Toor Pekai and I are proud of Malala getting 6A*s and 4As. #education for every child.”
My wife Toor Pekai and I are proud of Malala getting 6A*s and 4As. #education for every child. pic.twitter.com/lfoKBLMGYz
— Ziauddin Yousafzai (@ZiauddinY) August 21, 2015
Malala and her family have been living in Birmingham since she was discharged from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where she was treated after a Pakistani Taliban gunman shot in her head for pioneering education for girls in her country.
She was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace on October 10, 2014, for struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. She shared the prestigious Nobel Prize with Kailash Satyarthi, a children’s rights activist from India.
Back in her home country, Pakistani media praised her achievement. Express Tribune, an English-language Pakistani newspaper said, “Nothing that Malala Yousafzai achieves seems startling anymore, but she continues to make Pakistan proud.”