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Fri 04 Apr 2011Tripoli Leaving Cert students face exam venue difficulties
THE STATE Examinations Commission is trying to make alternative arrangements for more than 60 students due to sit the Leaving Certificate at a school in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which has offered the Irish syllabus and exam system since the mid-1990s.
The International School of the Martyrs is the only school outside Ireland to offer the exam. Its student body includes the children of high-ranking Libyan regime officials, diplomats and other expatriates. It is understood relatives of Libyan leader Muammar Gadafy, including his grandchildren, have attended the school.
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