Headteachers in England have renewed calls for primary education to be a worldwide universal right, following the attempted murder of Pakistani teenager and campaigner Malala Yousafzai.
The 15-year-old was shot by the Taliban last month for urging the authorities to allow every girl the chance to go to school.
The girl, who has won several peace prizes, was on her way home on a school bus in the Swat Valley in north-west Pakistan when masked men boarded the vehicle.
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has added its name to a petition calling on the Pakistani government to deliver a plan for education for every child, and for international organisations to ensure universal primary education is secured.
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