Summary We can get rid of many social evils by educating the people, Malala Yousafzai said.
(Web Desk) - Malala Yousafzai has hailed the government’s announcement to allocate four percent of GDP for education during the next four years, Radio Pakistan reported on Monday.
In an interview, she thanked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for this promised increase and said that education is the only guarantee of Pakistan s bright future.
Malala Yousafzai said society and students will also have to play their role as government alone cannot achieve this goal.
She said we can get rid of many social evils by educating the people.
Malala was nominated last year for the Nobel Peace Prize and won the European Union s Sakharov human rights prize for her crusade for the right of all children to an education.
The 16-year-old, who now lives in Britain following extensive medical treatment, was shot by a Taliban gunman in 2012 over her outspoken views on education in her home region in northwest Pakistan.
