Prempeh College has emerged winners of the enthralling finals of the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) after trouncing Ketasco and Legon Presec on Friday.
This feat brings their NSMQ championship to five – consistent with their GLORI5 THE LORD campaign.
They won with 53 points as against 49 points by the Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School (PRESEC.)
Keta Senior High and Technical School (Ketasco) came third with 30 points.
It was the first time Ketasco was reaching the final stage of the competition.
Ketasco earned GH¢3000 as their prize money from Absa Bank as bronze winners.
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PRESEC did very well and was close but it was not their year, said the Quiz Mistress, Dr Elsie Kaufmann when she announced the final results.
Dr Kaufmann congratulated the PRESECANS, who were hoping to win the trophy for the seventh time in line with their slogan, “We are ‘SEVEN’ a living God".
As silver medalists, their prize money is GH¢4900 from Absa Bank. PRESEC is still in the lead for winning the contest six times.
Prempeh College currently occupies the second position on the table of schools with the most wins, having won the competition five times as against PRESEC's six.
As champions for 2021, Prempeh College gets the prize money of GH¢5300 from Absa Bank and an additional GH¢10,000 from Prudential Bank and the NSMQ star with the highest scorer from AirtelTigo.
There were other prize monies for the contestants and special awards.