2025 NSMQ launch & balloting faces uncertainty due to SHSs withdrawal

Primetime Limited, the producers of the National Science and Mathematics Quiz (NSMQ), have yet to confirm, but as of the time of writing, the withdrawal of Senior High Schools from the competition threatens the launch of the Science and Maths Quiz scheduled for Tuesday, October 7, 2025.

If you recall, we earlier reported that the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has withdrawn all public Senior High Schools (SHSs) qualified to compete from the competition.

In a letter to the NSMQ organizers, the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) said schools that have qualified and are expected to be present for the balloting and subsequent stages of the 2025 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will not honour the invitation due to financial constraints.

The CHASS letter to Primetime Limited indicated that schools were unable to mobilise and prepare students for the competition because government funds meant for such activities had not yet been released.

“We regret to inform you that schools will not be able to participate in the balloting and subsequently the quiz competition due to non-availability of funds,” CHASS stated in the letter to Primetime Limited.

What this means is that if unresolved, the withdrawal could disrupt the 2025 NSMQ calendar, forcing organisers to postpone or scale down the National Science and Mathematics Quiz competition.

It could also affect students’ morale, especially those who have trained for months to represent their schools, and worst, erode public interest in one of Ghana’s most celebrated academic contests.

SHSs to participate in 2025 NSMQ

Greater Accra Region

1. Accra Girls’ SHS

2. Accra High School

3. Ashaiman SHS

4. Chemu SHTS

5. Fafraha Community SHS

6. Ghanata SHS

7. Labone SHS

8. O’Reilly SHS

9. St. John’s Grammar School

10. St. Mary’s SHS

11. St. Thomas Aquinas SHS

12. Tema Sec. School

13. West Africa SHS

Eastern Region

1. Abetifi Presby SHS

2. Aburi Girls’ SHS

3. Benkum SHS

4. Krobo Girls’ SHS

5. Kwahu Tafo SHS

6. Manya Krobo

7. SHS Nifa SHS

8. Nkwatia Presby SHS

9. Oda SHS

10. Ofori Panin SHS

11. Okuapemman School

12. Oti Boateng SHS

13. Oyoko Methodist SHS

14. Presby SHS, Suhum

15. Suhum SHTS

16. Yilo Krobo SHS

Upper East Region

1. Awe SHTS

2. Bawku SHTS

3. Bolgatanga SHS

4. Navrongo SHS

5. Zebilla SHTS

Upper West Region

1. Kanton SHS

2. Lawra SHS

3. Nandom SHS

4. St. Francis Xavier Jnr Sem.

5. SHS Wa SHS

Northen Region

1. Business SHS

2. Ghana SHS, Tamale

3. Kalpohin SHS

4. Northern School of Business

5. St. Charles Minor Sem. SHS

6. Tamale Islamic Science SHS

7. Yendi SHS

North East Region

1. Bunkpurugu SHTS

Ashanti Region

1. Adventist SHS, Bantama

2. Afua Kobi Ampem Girls’ SHS

3. Amaniampong SHS

4. Anglican SHS, Kumasi

5. Armed Forces SHTS

5. Effiduase SHCS

6. Ejisuman SHS

7. KNUST SHS

8. Kofi Agyei SHTS

9. Konongo-Odumase SHS

10. Kumasi Academy

12. Kumasi High School

13. Kumasi Sec. Tech. School

14. Kumasi Wesley Girls’ High School.

15. Mankranso SHS

16. Nsutaman Catholic SHS

17. Osei Kyeretwie SHS

18. Presby SHS, Bompata

19. SDA SHS, Bekwai

20. Serwaa Nyarko Girls’

21. SHS Simms SHS

22. St Joseph Sem. SHS

23. St. Louis SHS

24. T.I Ahmadiyya SHS, Kumasi

25. Tepa SHS

26. Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ SHS

Oti Region

1. Bueman SHS

2. Kadjebi Asato SHS

3. Krachi SHS

4. St. Mary’s Sem SHS, Lolobi

Volta Region

1. Abor SHS

2. Adidome SHS

3. Anlo SHS

4. Awudome SHS

5. E.P.C. Mawuko Girls’ SHS

6. Hohoe E.P. SHS

7. Kpando SHS OLA SHS, Ho

8. Sogakope SHS

9. St. Catherine SHS

10. St. Paul’s SHS, Denu

11. Tsito SHTS

12. Vakpo SHS