Malala Yousafzai Returns to School

[0:04]The Pakistani teen shot in the head by the Taliban last October has returned to school for the first time since undergoing reconstructive surgery. Malala Yousafzai was targeted because she bravely defied a Taliban edict banning girls from getting an education. Details from the BBC's Sanjita Miska. Because of the prayers of the people, now I can even walk. I can even run now. Malala Yousafzai's walk to school with her dad has been quite a journey. She only narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Pakistan. Following a remarkable recovery, this is her first day back at school here in Britain. So I dream for all the children that they should go to their schools because it's their right. It's their basic right. And unlike most teens, it's her uniform that she's most proud of. It proves that I am a student, and it is the happiest thing for me that yes, I am living my life, the old life. I'm going to school, and I'm learning. Malala was a student in the Swat Valley when she began campaigning for girls' rights to an education. Incensed, Taliban extremists shot her in the head. Since then, she's been receiving treatment in Birmingham. At 15, Malala already has huge responsibilities. She's taken her fight for an education to the world stage, and there's even talk of a Nobel Peace Prize. But as she starts school here, her concerns are those of every other British teenager. It's all about making friends, fitting in, and simply doing her best. She herself wants to be a normal teenage girl and to have the support of other girls around her. I think talking to her, that's something that she's very much missed during her time in hospital. Malala will enter school in year nine. Fagita Miska, BBC News, Birmingham.