[00:00.000]From VOA Learning English,
[00:01.510]this is the Education Report.
[00:04.700]Pakistani officials have announced plans
[00:08.140]to name a school and a sports center for student
[00:12.830]who stopped a suicide bomber.
[00:15.670]The actions of 15-year-old, Aitzaz Hassan
[00:20.600]saved hundreds of other students in his high school
[00:25.550]earlier this month.
[00:26.890]The school is in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province.
[00:31.070]The area is home to many Shi'ite Muslims.
[00:35.390]Provincial Governor Shaukatullah Khan
[00:39.010]visited the home of the boy,
[00:40.800]and place flowers at his burial-place.
[00:44.310]The official announced an award of
[00:47.700]about five million rupees,
[00:50.260]or about 47,000 American dollars for the family.
[00:55.910]Governor Khan told VOA that the sacrifice of children
[01:01.470]like Aitzaz Hassan is a cause for national pride,
[01:06.960]and a great honor for his village.
[01:10.260]The Governor said he came to the village
[01:13.160]representing Pakistan's prime minister and president.
[01:17.860]Prime minister Nawaz Sharif had declared earlier
[01:22.840]that the student should be honored
[01:25.050]with the nation's highest award for bravery.
[01:28.640]He proposed the award to president Mamnoon Hussain
[01:33.280]who has the power to approve it.
[01:36.110]The honor reportedly is expected to be presented
[01:40.190]to the boy's family on March 23,
[01:43.790]which is Pakistan's National Day.
[01:47.220]Aitzaz Hassan was a ninth grader at the high school.
[01:51.760]Police said he saw the bomber moving
[01:55.530]toward the school's entrance.
[01:57.630]The attacker was said to be wearing official school clothes,
[02:02.520]but looks suspicious to Aitzaz who tried to stop him.
[02:07.550]That is when a bomb on the attacker's clothing exploded.
[02:12.890]The bomber was killed and Aitzaz died later in a hospital.
[02:19.070]The student's older brother Mujtaba said
[02:23.800]his brother often said he would fight
[02:26.100]if he came face to face with the suicide bomber.
[02:30.380]Mujtaba said he actually did what he said he would.
[02:35.110]Aitzaz's father said his mother was crying,
[02:39.500]but 500 other mothers would be crying,
[02:43.150]have the boy not acted as he did.
[02:46.130]Pakistani education activist Malala Yusafzai
[02:50.720]expressed deep regret about the death of Aitzaz Hassan.
[02:56.070]She spoke from Britain, where she now lives.
[02:59.760]She said "I feel proud that I belong to a country
[03:05.090]where many brave and courageous people like Aitzaz Hasan are born."
[03:11.970]Malala Yusafzai now 16, survived an attempt on her life in 2012.
[03:20.220]Pakistani Taliban gunman carried out the attack
[03:24.590]in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa.
[03:28.680]Malala has gained worldwide attention for her opposition
[03:33.620]to militants and support for the rights of women and girls.
[03:38.630]From Learning English, that's the Education Report.