Mfantsiman Girls’ Senior High School has become the first school from the Central Region to qualify for the 2026 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) national championship after a commanding victory in the opening contest of the regional qualifiers. The Saltpond-based school amassed 61 points to finish comfortably ahead of its competitors and secure the region’s first qualification slot for this year’s national championship. Apam Senior High School placed second with 39 points, while Odoben Senior High School finished third with 28 points.
Methodist High School came fourth with 27 points. The victory continues Mfantsiman Girls’ impressive resurgence in the competition. After ending a six-year absence from the national championship in 2024—having last featured in 2017—the school has now qualified for the nationals for the third consecutive year.
Although its 2025 campaign ended in defeat to Suhum Senior High School, the latest qualification presents another opportunity for the school to build on its recent progress and mount a stronger challenge for honours in Ghana’s premier academic quiz competition. The opening contest of the 2026 Central Regional Qualifiers attracted enthusiastic support from students, teachers and alumni, with jubilant celebrations erupting after Mfantsiman Girls was confirmed as the winner. Attention now turns to the remaining regional contests, where schools across the Central Region will battle for the outstanding qualification slots to the 2026 National Science and Maths Quiz national championship.
Ejisuman SHS has become the first school to qualify from the Ashanti Regional Qualifiers for the 2026 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) national championship after a commanding performance in the opening contest. The school dominated the competition, finishing with 51 points to secure the qualification slot. Jerome SHS placed second with 35 points, while Onwe SHS, making their maiden appearance at the regional qualifiers, finished with 3 points.
Ejisuman’s convincing display sets the tone for this year’s Ashanti qualifiers, one of the most competitive regional contests in the country. For Onwe SHS, although the journey ends at the regional stage, the competition marked a significant milestone as the school’s first appearance at that level. Jerome SHS will be hoping to regroup and mount stronger qualification campaigns next year.
Ejisuman SHS now turns its attention to the national championship, where it will be aiming to improve on its performance in the 2025 competition. Last year, the school also qualified through the Ashanti Regional Qualifiers and advanced to the one-eighth stage before bowing out to Bishop Herman College. With qualification already secured, the focus now shifts to whether Ejisuman can go a step further and challenge for a place in the quarter-finals—or even beyond—when the national championship begins.
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