Worksheet 4 Goal 4
Quality education “It is important to learn to read, write and count. Everyone deserves a quality education in order to succeed in life.”
Education is very important. It is one of the main ways to eradicate hunger and poverty in the world. Currently, there are still many boys and girls in the world who cannot go to primary school. For girls, the situation is even more difficult. Malala Yousafza, the Nobel Peace Prize winner (2014), is an example of this serious problem. Malala is a great civil rights activist, especially for women’s rights in the Swat River Valley, where the Taliban regime does not allow girls access to education.
1 Match the parts of the sentences to find out more about Malala. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Malala is from Pakistan In 2009 she created a blog for the BBC In 2012 she was on the bus on her way home from school After the terrorist attack, Malala was treated The attack against Malala produced In 2014 Malala was awarded Malala is the youngest person
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a about the life of a student living under the Taliban regime. b an international solidarity movement. c the Nobel Peace Prize together with the Indian children’s rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi. d but today she lives in the United Kingdom. e at a hospital in Birmingham in the United Kingdom. f ever to receive a Nobel Prize. g when a man shot her.
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