By James Amoh Jnr, GNA
Kpone (GAR), Nov. 20, GNA - The St. Michael’s School Complex has won the maiden edition of the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) inter-schools quiz completion held in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
Bridget Shinto Moya and Christo Sey, JHS three pupils who represented the St. Michael’s School Complex, maintained a strong lead in all five rounds of the competition and obtained an impressive 30 points to beat the seven other contesting schools.
The other participating schools included: Bright Basic School, Kpone Presby A and B, Kpone Methodist A and B, Bright Basic School, Kpone Community Proprietary and Haana KKMA Basic School, in a keenly contested competition.
The quiz held over the weekend, focused on Mathematics, Science, English, Social Studies, current affairs and the operations of WAPCo.
Speaking in an interview to the Ghana News Agency, Mr Willaim Osei-Owusu, Deputy Manager, External Relations of WAPCo, said his outfit as part of its corporate social responsibility collaborated with the Ghana Education Service (GES) to conduct preliminary quizzes at the district level, out of which eight schools were selected for the finals.
He said the essence of the quiz was to contribute to quality education in operational communities, enhance academic excellence and problem-solving abilities, boost their confidence, and instill in them a spirit of healthy academic competition.
Whiles praising the efforts of all competing schools, he said, education is vital to national development and it is imperative for adequate support to be provided in the educational sector through the provision of scholarships.
“Largely what we have focused on in the last few years has been in the area of health, water and sanitation and education, through the provision of scholarships to brilliant but needed students at the basic, senior high and tertiary level since 2012” he said.
He said in all its seven operational communities in Ghana and three other countries, WAPCo aims at establishing proactive corporation which advances healthy and long-term relationships with communities through the implementation of sustainable community development initiatives that impacts positively on the living standards of people in the project affected communities.
Mr Isaac Asamoah, Municipal Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, GES, commended WAPCo for the initiative saying it is a great effort to improve the quality of education at the basic level.
He said competition is an eye opener which calls for stakeholders to step up efforts in providing quality education in the district.
Mr Calib Fugah, Director of Strategy of Desk Technology Limited, a science technology company, which collaborated with WAPCo in organising the event, said his outfit seeks to promote science and technology with the provision of science sets and training of students and teachers at an affordable price.
The contestants were presented Huawei electronic tablets, textbooks, mathematics and science application sets and other learning materials.
GNA
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