President of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Alhaji Yakub A.B. Abubakar, has hinted of the possibility of second-cycle institutions’ failure to participate in this year’s national science and maths quiz.

In a letter dated February 6, 2020 and addressed to the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Alhaji Abubakar explained the decision was informed by inadequate funds available to second-cycle schools.

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“We, therefore, wish to inform management that until adequate funds are made available, schools will not be in the position to participate in the NSMQ in any form,”the letter read.

The letter stated that executives of CHASS met in January 2020 to discuss the development and concluded that “it will be difficult for schools to organise the students for the NSMQ.”

Regional directors of education, regional CHASS chairpersons, all zonal CHASS chairpersons, and Primetime Ghana Limited, the organiser of the NSMQ, have also been copied in the letter.

The event, which fosters healthy academic rivalry among senior high schools, is mainly to promote the study of the sciences and mathematics, help students develop quick thinking, as well as probing and scientific mind to everyday life challenges.

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The competition has generated public interest in recent years with a huge following on social media as winners get to exhibit ‘bragging rights.’

Old student associations and other benevolent people contribute and dedicate special funds for the establishment and provision of facilities for the purpose of training science students for the competition.

Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School, (PRESEC-Legon) is the most successful school in the quiz so far, with five titles, closely followed by Prempeh College with four titles.