“I Don’t Want My NSMQ Dream To Die” — Aggregate 12 Candidate Appeals To GES After Being Placed In Christian Methodist School Instead Of His Preferred Choice, Prempeh College 

A young BECE candidate has taken his case directly to school authorities, appealing for a change in his placement after being assigned to Christian Methodist School in Kasoa as a day student, a decision he fears could stand between him and his ambition of one day competing in the National Science and Maths Quiz.

Speaking about his situation, the boy explained that his placement had come in with an aggregate 12, a result he believes should have positioned him for a shot at one of the country’s more competitive single-sex institutions, Prempeh College among them.

Rather than accept the placement quietly, he made his way to press his case, hoping officials might reconsider and offer him a path closer to the schools he had set his sights on.

His reasoning for wanting a switch centres on two points he feels strongly about. First, he pointed to how schools like Prempeh College are known for grooming students specifically for competitions such as the NSMQ, a training culture he believes would sharpen his own academic ambitions.

Second, he expressed a preference for single-sex schools generally, arguing that they tend to foster a more focused academic environment compared to mixed schools, where he feels distractions can pull attention away from serious study.

For many young Ghanaians, the NSMQ has become more than just a televised competition, it represents a symbol of academic prestige, and for this candidate, chasing that dream now hinges on whether his placement appeal succeeds.

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