Primetime condemns social media insults on contestants of NSMQ
Primetime Limited, the producer of the National Science and Mathematics Quiz (NSMQ), has condemned personal attacks on contestants by some social media users, citing cyberbullying.
Speaking at a Science and Maths Quiz ceremony last year, the Managing Director said that while it was allowed to troll the competing schools, cyberbullying directed at the individual contestants was unacceptable.
“It is disheartening to see personal attacks directed at our contestants, individuals who have put their hearts into preparing for this moment.
There’s a difference between good nurtured trolling of schools and personal attacks on the contestants,” she stated.
What we all enjoy is the trolling of the schools. But the personal attacks and cyberbullying of the contestants themselves must not be entertained,” the Director of Primetime Limited told students and stakeholders.
Nana Mensa-Bonsu urged all individuals to have compassion for the NSMQ contestants, saying, “We must all remember that these contestants are young; they are teenagers and deserve our respect and support.”
The launch and preliminary balloting for the 2025 National Science and Mathematics Quiz took place on October 15, 2025, with the main competition kicking off on October 20, 2025, and ending on November 6, 2025.
The preliminary stage will run from October 20, 2025, to October 24, 2025; the one-eighth stage will take place from October 26 to 28; the quarter-final stage from October 30 to November 1, 2025; the semi-final stage on November 3, 2025; and the grand finale on November 6, 2025.
This year, a total of record-breaking 174 Senior High Schools, including private and government second-cycle schools, will compete in the national championship of the National Science and Mathematics Quiz.
Included in the 174 record-making figure are 27 seeded Senior High Schools (SHSs) from the 2024 edition of the NSMQ, 106 regional qualifier winners, 32 top-runners-up, and nine private Senior High Schools.
Primetime Limited says the grand finale of the national championship of the 2025 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will be held on November 6, 2025, in Cape Coast, in the Central Region of Ghana, at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
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
The 2025 National Science and Maths Quiz is produced by Primetime Limited and sponsored by the Ghana Education Service in partnership with GOIL PLC and supported by Pepsodent, Jupay, and Prudential Life Insurance Ghana.
The broadcast of the National Science & Maths Quiz on JoyNews is supported by NASCO, VitaMilk, Virtual Security Africa, Ace Medical Insurance, Built Financial Technologies, DBS Roofing, Sintex Tanks, Family Health Medical School, Chopbox Technologies, and Action Secondary Technical School.
Other sponsors of the national competition are AirtelTigo, Dano Milk, Newmont, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Accra College of Medicine, Academic City University College, and YFM.
