NSMQ UPDATES

Day One of the Quarter-final Stage comes to a dramatic end! Did your school make the cut? 👀🏆 Check the scores and see how your school performed in today’s intense contests🔥 📊 #NSMQ2026 #NSMQQuarters #Primetime

Three exciting contests come your way tomorrow on #JoyNews. It promises to be a day of fireworks! 🔥 #NSMQ2026 #NSMQonJoy

End of Contest St. Augustine’s College: 47pts St. John’s Grammar School: 27pts Aburi Girls’ SHS: 25pts #NSMQ2026 #NSMQQuarters #Primetime #prime@Nsmq_updatess

QUARTERFINALS | ROUND 5 — MAIN AUDITORIUM Pope John SHS & Min. Sem — 47 Ofori Panin SHS — 31 Osei Tutu SHS — 22 VELA DAMUS HAVE SAILED INTO THE SEMIS! The ship stayed steady from start to finish. Pope John books the semifinal ticket Mpaninfoɔ and Abrempong, the journey ends here #NSMQOnJoy #NSMQQuarters #NSMQ2026

End of Contest Prempeh College: 44pts Keta SHTS: 39pts Ghana National College: 30pts #NSMQ2026 #NSMQQuarters #Primetime

Which of the 9 quarterfinal contests will you consider the ‘Group of Death’? #NSMQonJoy #NSMQ2026

QUARTER-FINAL 9: Accra Academy vs University Practice SHS vs Bishop Herman College Tuesday, September 1, 2026 #NSMQ2026 #NSMQQuarters #Primetime

QUARTER-FINAL 8: Achimota School vs Boa Amponsem SHS vs Adisadel College Tuesday, September 1, 2026 #NSMQ2026 #NSMQQuarters #Primetime

QUARTER-FINAL 7: Amaniampiong SHS vs Chemu SHTS vs Bright SHS Tuesday, September 1, 2026 #NSMQ2026 #NSMQQuarters #Primetime

QUARTER-FINAL 5: Mfantsiman Girls’ SHS vs St. John’s School vs Saviour SHS Monday, August 31, 2026 #NSMQ2026 #NSMQQuarters #Primetime

QUARTER-FINAL 4: Labone SHS vs St. Hubert Seminary SHS vs Tamale SHS Monday, August 31, 2026 #NSMQ2026 #NSMQQuarters #Primetime

QUARTER-FINAL 6: Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School vs Presby SHS, Bompata vs Mfantsipim School Monday, August 31, 2026 #NSMQ2026 #NSMQQuarters #Primetime

QUARTER-FINAL 3: St. John’s Grammar School vs Aburi Girls’ SHS vs St. Augustine’s College Sunday, August 30, 2026. #NSMQ2026 #NSMQQuarters #Primetime

QUARTER-FINAL 2: Osei Tutu SHS vs Ofori Panin SHS vs Pope John SHS & Minor Seminary Sunday, August 30, 2026. #NSMQQuarters #NSMQ2026 #Primetime

QUARTER-FINAL 1: Prempeh College vs Keta SHTS vs Ghana National College Sunday, August 30, 2026. #NSMQQuarters #NSMQ2026 #Primetime

The 27 schools that have gained automatic qualification for NSMQ2027.

• Opoku Ware School • Kumasi High School • St. Thomas Aquinas • St. James • St. Louis • Wesley Girls’ • GSTS • Holy Child • St. Peter’s All back to preliminary stage

Consequently, Anlo SHS and Kumasi High School were withdrawn from Contest 9 of the One-eighth Stage. St. Augustine’s College, which remained on stage and was ready to continue the contest, was declared the winner of Contest 9 and thus progresses to the next stage of the 2026 National Science & Maths Quiz. Primetime Limited remains committed to ensuring fairness, discipline and the integrity of the National Science & Maths Quiz and requires all participating schools, teachers, coordinators and contestants to abide by the rules and procedures governing the competition.

1. The Rules of the Competition require schools to compete fairly and expressly prohibit any form of direct communication with the contestants and substitute during the contest. Schools found to have breached this rule are subject to withdrawal from the competition. In this instance, the teachers from Anlo SHS and Kumasi High School directly communicated with and instructed their contestants to leave the stage during an ongoing contest. These instructions resulted in the contestants walking off the stage and bringing the contest to an abrupt halt. 1. The walk-out occurred while Contest 9 was still in progress. Although the Production Team made repeated efforts to persuade the contestants to remain on stage and continue, the contestants acted on the instructions of their teachers and left the stage. 1. The walk-out and its resultant disruption to the contest meant that at the time the matter was under resolution, contests at the other venues, which were using the same set of questions, had already concluded. It was, therefore, not possible to continue Contest 9 without compromising the integrity and fairness of the competition. 1. The actions of the teachers and the subsequent walk-off by the contestants constituted a breach of the rules governing the fair and orderly conduct of the competition.

NSMQ'26 – *QUARTER FINALS* 💡 *QF1 - Sun, 30th August, 26* 📍 1. Prempeh College 2. Keta SHSTS 3. Ghana National College *QF2 - Sun, 30th August, 26* 📍 1. Osei Tutu SHS 2. Ofori Panin SHS 3. Pope John Sem & SHS *QF3 - Sun, 30th August, 26* 📍 1. St. John's Grammar SHS 2. Aburi Girls SHS 3. St. Augustines College *QF4 - Mon, 31st August, 26* 📍 1. Labone SHS 2. St. Hubert Min & Sem SHS 3. Tamale SHS *QF5 - Mon, 31st August, 26* 📍 1. Mfantsiman Girls' SHS 2. St. John's SHS, Sekondi 3. Saviour SHS *QF6 - Monday, 31st August, 26* 📍 1. PRESEC, Legon 2. Bompata Presby SHS 3. Mfantsipim School *QF7 - Tues, 1st September, 26* 📍 1. Amaniampong SHS 2. Chemu SHTS 3. Bright SHS *QF8 - Tues, 1st September, 26* 📍 1. Achimota School 2. Boa Amponsem SHS 3. Adisadel College *QF9 - Tues, 1st September, 26* 📍 1. Accra Academy 2. University Practice SHS 3. Bishop Herman College