NSMQ to be global competition in next 30yrs – Primetime Director
In the next 30 years, I would want to see the National Science and Mathematics Quiz (NSMQ) as a huge global competition, Ms. Nana Akua A. Mensa-Bonsu, Managing Director of Primetime, the producer for the contest has said.
The Primetime Director said this in an exclusive interview on the NSMQ Live Chat Show, highlighting her transformative impact on the National Science and Mathematics Quiz (NSMQ) and beyond.
About NSMQ
Introduced in 1993 by Primetime Limited, the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) is an annual science and mathematics content-based national-level quiz competition for (public and private) Senior High Schools in Ghana.
The objective of the National Science & Maths Quiz is to promote the study of the sciences and mathematics, help students develop quick thinking and a probing and scientific mind about the everyday world around them, while fostering healthy academic rivalry among senior high schools.
The National Science and Maths Quiz is Ghanaian television’s longest-running educational programme.
The first quiz mistress was the late Professor Marian Ewurama Addy, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Ghana, Legon. She was quiz-mistress from 1993 till 2000.
Eureka Emefa Adomako, a botanist at the University of Ghana, Legon, took over as quiz-mistress from 2001 to 2005, having been recommended by Prof. Addy. Dr. Adomako took charge of the programme until she had to leave for postgraduate studies. Before leaving, just as Prof. Addy recommended her as quiz mistress, Dr. Adomako recommended that Dr. Kaufmann take over as quiz mistress.
In 2006, Dr. Elsie Effah Kaufmann, the founding Head of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Ghana, Legon, took over as quiz mistress.
Over the years, she has succeeded in bringing her own style to the programme, occasionally injecting some humour into an otherwise formal programme.
As the chairperson of the moderation team, Dr. Kaufmann is supported by a team of consultants made up of Prof. W. A. Asomaning, Dr. Ebenezer Owusu, Dr. Amos Kuditcher and Dr. Douglas Adu-Gyamfi, all of the University of Ghana, Legon. At the preliminary stages, the quiz is moderated by Drs. Anita Oppong-Quaicoe, Thelma Ohene-Agyei and Gladys Odey Schwinger.