Aitzaz Hasan Shaheed High School, formerly "Government High School Ibrahim Zai", is a government secondary school in the community of
Hangu,
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Hangu District,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
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Pakistan
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The school gained fame after
Aitzaz Hasan
Aitzaz Hasan Bangash (1998/1999 – 6 January 2014) was a student from Pakistan who died on 6 January 2014 while preventing a suicide bomber from entering a school at Hangu village. More than 2,000 students were attending classes at the time of ...
—a 15-year-old student of this school—tackled a suicide bomber at the entrance gates of the school on January 6, 2014, and was fatally injured when the attacker detonated his explosive vest.
[ His sacrifice saved the lives of hundreds of students of the school. On January 14, the chief minister's representatives announced that the school was renamed after him.]
See also
* Education in Pakistan
Education in Pakistan is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education and the provincial governments, whereas the federal government mostly assists in curriculum development, accreditation and in the financing of research and development. A ...
References
High schools in Pakistan
Schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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