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Okuapemman SHS<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n In his opening remarks,\nthe Dean of the School of Business and Economics, Dr. Ebenezer Agyemang Badu\nindicated that the rationale of the quiz competition include among other things\nthe need to promote the studies of business and economics education in the\ncountry and build a healthy rapport\namong students reading business programme at the SHS level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He praised the\nDepartment of Business Administration and Economics for not just holding the\nthird edition but also increasing the number of competing schools to 12. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dean, however\nchallenged them to include some schools outside the Eastern Region to the\ncompetition, especially the nearby Ashanti Region schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAlthough three schools\ncould not make it for the competition on technical grounds, the nine that\nparticipated did not disappoint as they gave each other a tough time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With nine schools, they\nwere put into three groups to select four schools for the finals. In their\ngroup, St Peter\u2019s SHS, beat St Paul\u2019s SHS and Nkawkaw SHS to emerge as the winners.\nWhile Okuapemman SHS from Akropong Akuapem emerged as leaders of their group after\nbeating St Dominic\u2019s SHS and Bepong SHS, \n Aburi Girls SHS also beat Mpraeso\nSHS and Kwahu Ridge SHS to lead the group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For emerging as the\nbest second school at the group stages, Bepong SHS joined St. Peter\u2019s, Okuapemman and Aburi Girls SHS in\nthe finals which saw St Peter\u2019s SHS carry the day as winners. This makes St Peter\u2019s three consecutive\nchampions. Aburi Girls took the second\nposition with Okuapemman SHS coming third after a tie break with Bepong SHS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDr. Paul Adjei Kwakwa, the Head of Department of\nthe Business Administration and Economics, as part of the closing remarks\nexpressed appreciation to the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI),\nEastern-Volta-Oti Chapter for their financial support towards the organization\nof the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was equally grateful to the leadership of the\nBusiness and Administration Students Association (BASA) for their massive\nsupport that ensured a successful competition. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was also thankful to the teachers and students\nof the various schools for making the competition successful. He indicated the\nplan of making the competition a national event is still on course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe tutors of the participating schools shared\nsimilar views as they expressed the delight about the organization of the\ncompetition and encouraged the University to extend the competition to the\nnational level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The students who contested for their schools as\nwell as their mates also expressed their joy for being part of the third\nedition of the competition and also hoped that their schools would be part in\nthe next edition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They agreed that the competition has set the tone\nfor them to prepare well towards their upcoming WASSCE. Both the teachers and\nstudents also agreed that the practical nature of some of the questions was\nhelpful to let the students appreciate the applicability of what they are\ntaught in the class. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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