The administrative building, at the school gate, offers a colorful art gallery in its initial entrance zone appeasing the typical overwhelming institutional feel most schools project.

The Arab League’s secretary-general, Amr Moussa, has edged back from his initial endorsement of the no-fly zone.

Few reports have surfaced from Concepcion, close to where the earthquake first struck, though initial reports say the city is "devastated" and now looks "like a war zone".