Nobel Peace Prize 2013 nominee Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai, 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.
It has been almost half a year to the day when she was attacked.
15-year-old called her first day at Edgbaston High 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 that she felt proud to wear the uniform because it proves that she is a student, who is living her life and learning.
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.
The activist was shot on a school bus in Pakistan in October last year, following which she was flown to Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital for specialist treatment. She has now recovered following the treatment.
Malala has had a titanium plate and cochlear implant fitted and was discharged from the hospital in February to continue her rehabilitation.
Malala is staying in the UK after her father Ziauddin Yousafzai was appointed education attache at the Pakistan consulate in Birmingham.
She has received support from around the world, with tens of thousands of people signing an online petition calling for her to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
(with inputs from ANI)
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