NSMQ 2023: Profiles of the 3 schools in grand finale

The stage is now set for the highly anticipated 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz grand finale, featuring the top three contenders. Opoku Ware School, PRESEC Legon, and Achimota School emerged victorious in Thursday’s semi-final matches, collectively amassing an impressive total of 11 championship titles. These schools are no strangers to the intense battleground of the grand finale, scheduled for October 31. It promises to be a thrilling clash of intellect and knowledge, a true battle among former champions. For Achimota School and Opoku Ware, it’s an opportunity to seek redemption and avenge their losses to PRESEC Legon in the 2009 and 2020 finals, respectively.

In the meantime, the defending champions, PRESEC, are eyeing an exceptional achievement – back-to-back victories. As the current titleholders, they aim to secure their 8th trophy, further cementing their status as record holders in the competition’s history. Let’s explore the impressive history these three competing schools bring to the contest.

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PRESEC

• Established in 1938
• NSMQ record holders (Most trophies)
• 7-time champions (1995, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2020 and 2022)
• 12 appearances at the finals
• 1st Runner-up on four occasions
• Only school to win trophy back-to-back
• Reigning Greater Accra Regional Champions
• 4-time Regional Champions (2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023)
• Motto: “In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen” (In Thy Light We Shall See Light)

Opoku Ware School (OWASS)

OWASS

• Established in 1952
• 2-time champions (1997 and 2002)
• Nine appearances at the finals
• 1st runner-up on five occasions (1995, 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2016)
• 2nd runner-up on one occasion (2020)
• 2022 Ashanti Regional Champions
• Motto: Deus Lux Scientiae (God is the Light of Knowledge)

Achimota School (Motown)

MOTOWN