The President congratulates PRESEC LEGON - champions of NSMQ Competition
The representatives of the Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School (Presec), Legon, on Thursday delivered the long-relished sixth National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) diadem when it won this year’s edition of the contest, ahead of two former winners, Opoku Ware School (OWASS), Kumasi, and Adisadel College (ADISCO), Cape Coast.
The 2020 champions had previously won the contest in 1995, 2003, 2006, 2008 and 2009, making it the only school to win the NSMQ back to back.
President congratulates
In a tweet, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, congratulated Presec for emerging victors in this year’s contest.
“Winning number six makes them the undisputed kings of the competition. Thoroughly well deserved, I look forward to welcoming them to Jubilee House soon,” the President said.
OWASS, a Catholic school, won it in 1997 and 2002, while ADISCO, founded by the Anglican Church, claimed their first title in 2016.
On their way to winning the contest, Presec led in all the rounds, except the third round (problem of the day), of the competition, which took place at the Cedi Conference Centre of the University of Ghana, Legon.
All the three schools had come into the contest with a plan to win.
‘Let’s talk about six’ was Presec’s slogan; ‘We win in election years’, Adisco claimed, referring to the fact that their only win came in 2016, while OWASS had the slogan: ‘It’s time for trinity’.
In the end, though, it was Presec that made its intention clear right from the start, jumping into the lead with 14 points in the first round, as against seven by ADISCO, which came second in the contest, and 14 by OWASS.
In round two, Presec had 18 points; ADISCO, seven, and OWASS, eight.
For round three, Presec had five points; ADISCO, eight, and OWASS, six.
Presec came back strongly in round four (true or false) with 33 points; ADISCO, 28, and OWASS, 18.
The last round of the contest (riddles) saw Presec amassing 36 points; ADISCO, 31, and OWASS, 21.
With past and present students of the various schools thronging the venue for the contest to cheer on the representatives of their schools as they responded to the questions, supporters of Presec threw caution to the wind to celebrate their victory, ignoring the COVID-19 safety protocols of social distancing and the wearing of face masks.
“We told you guys that the trophy was coming back home to where it belongs,” one past student of PRESEC told his friend, an Adisco old student.
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