Education is important to Malala because she grew up around a school and always thought learning is important.
Malala always grew up learning “sometimes I’d get to sit in on classes with the older children, in awe as I listened to everything they were being taught” Malala stated in her book “I Am Malala”
Not to mention, Malala always wore her school uniform “As I grew, I longed to wear the uniforms I saw the older girls wearing when they arrived each morning” which Malala also stated in her book.
That is how education has always been important to Malala.