2026 NSMQ Balloting and Regional Qualifiers Dates, Seeded Schools Out

All is set for the annual National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) for senior high school for the 2026 NSMQ contest year. Ahead of the Math and Science intellectual showpiece, the organizers of the award-winning competition have released dates and details for the competition. Officials of the event at the time of filing this report had released the 2026 NSMQ Balloting and Regional Qualifiers Dates as well as the seeded schools. The regional competitions were rescheduled to after the WASSCE as a result of Ghana’s return to the international WASSCE, which made it impossible for the regional contests to be held before the 2026 WASSCE for school candidates. With the WASSCE now over, all attention will shift to the coveted National Science and Maths Quiz.

The NSMQ 2026 Regional Qualifiers Balloting is scheduled to take place on 25th June 2026 at 9 am. The balloting, which will be telecast live on Facebook & YouTube @NSMQGhana, will offer all contesting schools (public and private) to know their opponents.

Schools for the regional contest will be placed in either “POT A,” “POT B,” or “POT C.” The timetable for the regional contest will start from 6th July and end on 30th July, 2026. While the BONO, BONO EAST & AHAFO will kick off the regional contest on July 6th, GREATER ACCRA will crown it between July 28th and 30th, 2026.

Seeded Schools for 2026 NSMQ

According to Primetime Ltd., 27 schools have been seeded for the contest. This means the schools are exempted from participating in the competition at the regional and national preliminary levels of the contest.

– Mankranso SHS
– St. Thomas Aquinas SHS
– Ghana National College
– Our Lady of Grace SHS
– Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School
– Ghana Secondary Technical School
– Prempeh College
– Mfantsipim School
– Adisadel College
– St Peter’s School
– Amaniampong SHS
– St. James Seminary SHS
– Swedru Secondary School
– Pope John SHS & Minor Seminary
– Mpraeso SHS
– St. John’s School
– Abetifi Presby SHS
– St. Augustine’s College
– Mawuli School
– University Practice SHS
– Osei Tutu SHS
– Opoku Ware School
– Aburi Girls’ SHS
– Accra Academy
– Koforidua Secondary Technical School
– Achimota School
– Keta SHTS

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With the WASSCE over, schools are shifting their attention to the annual competitive NSMQ contest for 2026.