By Prince Acquah, GNA
Cape Coast, Oct 31, GNA – Mfantsipim School, the reigning champions of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), has beaten city rivals, Adisadel College and visitors Prempeh College emphatically to book their ticket to the semi-finals of the 2025 edition of the competition in Cape Coast.
‘The School’ thrashed the two colleges severely in what was supposed to be a ‘clash of the titans, taking a comfortable lead right from the onset of the contest and cruising to victory by a landslide to cement their reign.
As expected, the contest was characterised by excitements, tensions, cheers and a series of protests.
When the last bell went off, the Botwe boys emerged victors with 64 points, leaving Adisadel and Prempeh with 40 points each.
Mfantsipim demonstrated their resolve from round one when they took the lead with 25 points as Prempeh and Adisadel followed with 20 and 15 respectively.
‘The School’ doubled their pace in the “speed race” in round two, ending the round with 41 points while Prempeh and Adisadel trailed behind with 22 points and 15 points respectively.
Adisadel showed potential as title contenders when they bagged the highest point (six) for the “problem of the day” in round three to bring their points to 21. Mfantsipim, however, maintained their lead with 45 points while Prempeh remained second with 24 points.
Heated prayers and worship by the Adisadel boys at the end of the third round were not enough to save them from trailing as they ended the “True/False” session in the fourth round with 31 points while Botwe stretched their lead with a whopping 61 points.
Prempeh on the other hand were 21 points shy of the reigning champions.
Indeed, the die had already been cast by the last round as the sterling performance of Adisadel in the “riddle” session was not enough to qualify them for the next round.
Mfantsipim School joins Ghana Secondary Technical School, and Mankranso SHS for the semi-finals awaiting comfortably for six more schools.
GNA
Edited by Alice Tettey/Lydia Kukua Asamoah