Concern for Libyan students

MYSTERY surrounds the whereabouts of 10 students from Tripoli, Libya, who were due to take their Leaving Certificate English papers in Malta yesterday.

The State Examinations Commission had arranged an exam centre there for some of the 52 students at the International School of the Martyrs in the Libyan capital who were unable to travel to Ireland for their exams.

Although communication with the school has been difficult because of the ongoing unrest, the commission said it was told by school authorities a fortnight ago that 10 candidates were already on the Mediterranean island and would be ready to sit their exams from this week.