The one-eighth stage of the 2017 National Science & Maths Quiz will begin on Monday, June 12, 2017, with 81 Senior High Schools competing for supremacy as champions of Science and Mathematics in Ghana.
The 27 seeded schools from the 2016 edition will be up against the winners of the thirty-six (36) preliminary contests as well as the eighteen (18) highest-scoring losing schools; also from the prelims.
Adisadel College, the defending champions, will begin their campaign to retain the trophy on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 when they face Nkroful Agric SHS and Suhum SHTS. Â
First runner-up of the 2016 edition, Opoku Ware School will battle it out with Keta SHTS and Drobo SHS in the last one-eighth contest whilst Mfantsipim School will come against New Juaben SHS and Akwamuman SHS on Saturday, June 17, 2017.
The one-eighth stage will have 81 schools competing with one another for one of the 27 slots at the quarter finals. The winners of the various contests will not only progress to the quarter finals but will also be seeded for the 2018 edition of the competition without having to go through regional qualification.
Ardent followers of the NSMQ have predicted the 18th contest as the group of death among others.
This contest would involve Mfantsipim School and St. Peter’s SHS, both two-time NSMQ champions and Kwahu Ridge SHS, NSMQ debutants, who scored 51 points at the preliminary stage of the competition.
The 2017 edition of the National Science & Maths Quiz is sponsored by the Ghana Education Service through the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) and supported by Tigo, GOIL, Prudential Life Insurance, Accra College of Medicine and GCB Bank.
Below are the contests for 2017 National Science & Maths Quiz one-eighth stage:
Monday, June 12, 2017
Ghana National College         vs        Armed Forces SHTS               vs        Osei Kyeretwie SHS
SDA SHS, Bekwai                    vs        Aburi Girls’ SHS                      vs        Kumasi Academy
Kintampo SHS                        vs        Archbishop Porter Girls’ SHS vs        Tema SHS
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Tamale SHS                            vs        Osei Tutu SHS                         vs        Edinaman SHS
KNUST SHS                             vs        Adidome SHS                         vs       Konongo Odumasi SHS
University Practice SHS          vs        Bolgatanga SHS                      vs        OLA SHS, Ho
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Benkum SHS                           vs        Takoradi SHS                          vs        Oguaa SHTS
Mfantsiman Girls’ SHS           vs        Akwamuman SHS                   vs        New Juaben SHS
Adisadel College                    vs        Nkroful Agric SHS                   vs        Suhum SHTS
Thursday, June 15, 2017
GSTS                                       vs        Wesley Grammar School       vs        Tepa SHS
Prempeh College                   vs        St. Louis SHS                           vs        Toase SHS
Presby SHTS, Aburi                 vs        St. Monica’s SHS                    vs        Aduman SHS
Friday, June 16, 2017
Kumasi Sec. Tech School        vs        Nsein SHS                               vs        Mawuli School
Koforidua Sec Tech                vs        Half Assini SHS                       vs        Holy Child School
West Africa SHS                     vs        Bueman SHS                           vs        Sunyani SHS
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Aggrey Memorial SHS            vs        Notre Dame Girls’ SHS           vs        Nandom SHS
Sekondi College                     vs        St. James Seminary SHS         vs        Anlo SHS
Mfantsipim School                 vs        St. Peter’s SHS                        vs        Kwahu Ridge SHTS
Monday, June 19, 2017
Wesley Girls’ High School      vs        St. Charles Minor Seminary   vs        Accra High School
Ada SHS                                  vs        Kwanyako SHS                        vs        T.I. AMASS, Fomena
Kumasi High School                vs        Simms SHS                              vs        St. Paul’s SHS, Denu
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
St. Hubert Min. Seminary SHS  vs     Zebilla SHS                             vs        Chemu SHS
St. Thomas Aquinas SHS        vs        Bishop Herman College         vs        Juaso SHTS
Nifa SHS                                  vs        Okuapeman School                vs        Awudome SHS
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Pope John SHS                       vs        Jachie Pramso SHS                 vs        Zion College
Accra Academy                      vs        Presbyterian Boys SHS           vs      St. John’s Grammar Sch
Opoku Ware School               vs        Keta SHTS                               vs        Drobo SHS
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