‘Tragic’ phenomenon of students skipping Matsec exams: The Headlines – It-Torċa
It-Torċa speaks to Professor Carm Borg about a new ‘tragedy’ in the educational sector as figures show that a large number of students did not sit for their Matsec exams. Prof. Borg says that now that exam fees are being waived, students are showing more apathy.
A second story in It-Torċa follows the story of human remains discovered in a shelter cut in the Valletta bastions after a man confessed to the police. The paper says that the cases has now been closed after more than eleven years.
