The school beat two-time champions, St. James Seminary SHS, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel SHS and Kintampo SHS to lift their first regional trophy.

The Saints had in their last regional championship truncated the chances of Sunyani SHS to lift the trophy after they beat them by a landslide margin.

With composure and determination to prevail, SUSEC left no stone unturned as they fixed their gaze on the ultimate prize to make history.

The first round of the contest saw Sunyani SHS taking the lead with a 4-point margin but St. James Seminary overtook them in the second round.

The boys from Abesim however toppled in the penultimate round after failing to answer correctly at least three of their questions while Sunyani SHS outran them.

In the final round, SUSEC extended their lead after claiming one of the riddles.

Kintampo SHS despite a shaky start managed to grab some points in the riddle round to inch closer to St. James Sem. with just a point difference.

The ladies up the hill of Mt. Carmel however sat aloof while their contenders went at each other for the championship trophy.

The auditorium of the Sunyani Technical University was thrown into frenzy after Sunyani SHS won the grand finale with 38 points.

St. James ended the contest with 31 points while Kintampo SHS and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel placed third and fourth with 30 and 18 points respectively.

The students on the campus of Sunyani SHS went ballistic during the arrival of their quiz team who brought glory and fame to the school and alumni.

The school is assertive of yet another historic win at the national tournament.

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He said relative calm and normalcy had returned to the school, with all the candidates writing the examination without any emerging challenges.

There was pandemonium at the school on Wednesday, August 30, around 2100 hours, when some of the WASSCE candidates ran amok at the compound.

Wielding offensive instruments, the action of the irate candidates, mostly boys, was to register their displeasure against certain decisions taken by school authorities, which they believed were strict and against their interests.

Most of the protestors were among the 500 candidates sitting the examination at the school’s assembly hall, a decision, according to the school authorities, was taken to help curb examination malpractices.

The candidates, however, believed such a decision was harsh and insisted on joining their other colleagues to write the examination in the classrooms, instead of the assembly hall.

Some of them took videos of their actions, which have since gone viral on social media.

Marfo described the incident as unfortunate during a visit to the school by the GNA, saying the school authorities had resolved the matter and things had returned to normalcy as the candidates were writing the examination in a peaceful atmosphere.

He added the school’s decision to allow the candidates to write the examination at the assembly hall was a directive from the Regional Education Directorate, saying a total of 1,495 candidates were writing the examination on campus.

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