It's not easy to point out what the motivation is. But it may be that education is seen as a very visible sign of progress.

Militants are clearly trying to intimidate communities and force families not to send their girls to school. We hope these incidents will not deter families. ... Fortunately, so far we have not seen a decline in girls attending.

We have seen a change in the nature of attacks in the past couple of months with these killings. We hope these incidents will not deter families from sending their children to school.

EFFECT OF A TRUE TEACHER GOES UP TO ETERNITY THROUGH HIS STUDENTS.

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

Due to the nature of that litigation, we can't start (construction) contracts. There's a lot of motivation to get (the issues resolved).