OSU HOME SCHOOL WINS 2021 NCCE CONSTITUTION QUIZ COMPETITION

Osu Home, a Basic School in the La Dadekotopon Municipality (LaDMA), has won the 2021 National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) Constitution Quiz Competition in Accra. The Annual competition engages pupils and help them to appreciate the relevance of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. The competition is mainly targeted at the youth to instill in them a sense of civic duty for national growth and development. The competition again promotes active citizenship among students and enable them to participate in sustaining Ghana's democracy.

The winners beat three other Basic Schools from the Ga Central Municipality to emerge winners of the competition. They are Standard Foundation, Mystical Rose and Anointed Academy.

Osu Home won with 38 points followed by Standard Foundation with 36 points to finish as the 1st runner-up, the 2nd and 3rd runners-up were Mystical Rose and Anointed Academy respectively. The two schools were both tied on 33 points at the end of a three-round competitive event and had to go through series of tie breaking questions.

The winners received a cash prize of GHC3,000.00 from GOIL Company, a plaque, gold medals, copies of the 1992 Constitution and certificates from the NCCE for participants and tutors. They also received a hamper from Promasidor Company Limited.

The 1st runner-up took home GHC2,000.00 as cash prize, silver medals, a hamper, certificates and twenty copies of the 1992 Constitution, while the third and fourth schools received cash prizes of GHC1,500.00 and GHC1,000.00 respectively, medals, hampers, certificates, and copies of the Constitution.

The Chairperson of the NCCE, Ms. Josephine Nkrumah, addressing the students said understanding the tenets of the 1992 Constitution is critical to enhancing the country's democratic credentials. She mentioned that it is important for Ghanaians to take interest in not only studying the provisions of the 1992 Constitution but understanding it, particularly at an early age.

The Constitution Quiz is part of the strategies NCCE uses to execute its core mandate, which is to educate Ghanaians on the principles and objectives of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana to engender civic consciousness among citizens, " Ms. Nkrumah explained. While commending Goil Ghana, Papaye and Pomasidor Ghana Limited for their support, Ms. Nkrumah appealed to other corporate organisations to come on board to enable the NCCE to expand the scope of the competition and make it a national event.

The Chairman of the event, Chief Director at the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. Evans Aggrey-Darkoh, described the competition as the best way to nurture the youth to become responsible citizens to help consolidate Ghana's democratic gains. "Stability is important," he said, adding that, "It is not for nothing that under the Fourth Republic, we have actually witnessed 30 years of political dispensation since 1992, and it is the longest, the most stable and if we want to maintain that stability then we need to encourage the rank and file, the entire citizenry to appreciate the basic tenet of constitutionalism, the basic tenet of democracy."

Mr. Aggrey-Darkoh applauded the NCCE for its initiative in promoting the study and content of the 1992 Constitution. He also encouraged the Commission to replicate the competition across the country to empower all to become responsible citizens.