Four leading Senior High Schools from Ghana’s Eastern Region will square off in a keenly anticipated intellectual contest as part of the Maiden Dr. J. B. Danquah Inter-Senior High School Quiz, to be held on Wednesday, 4th February 2026, at the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Auditorium, Kibi Presbyterian College of Education.
The competition forms a central pillar of activities marking the Sixty-First (61st) Anniversary of the passing of Dr. Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah, one of Ghana’s foremost constitutional thinkers, nationalists, and champions of liberty under the rule of law. The programme is being organised under the auspices of the Twafohene of Akyem Abuakwa, Okatakyie Boakye Danquah Ababio.
The participating schools — Abuakwa State College (ABUSCO), Ofori Panin Senior High School, Begoro Senior High School, and Suhum Senior High Technical School — represent some of the most academically competitive institutions in the region, setting the stage for a contest defined by both intellectual rigour and long-standing academic rivalry.
That competitive spirit has already been acknowledged at the highest regional level. In a formal letter of acceptance, the Eastern Regional Director of Education, Mrs Ivy Asantewaa Owusu (PhD), confirmed the Directorate’s full support for the initiative and indicated that all participating schools have been duly notified and instructed to prepare adequately for the competition.
“Management of the Eastern Regional Education Directorate has duly informed all the participating schools to prepare adequately to make the competition a great success,” she stated, signalling the importance the Directorate attaches to the exercise.
A Quiz Rooted in Scholarship and National Memory
Unlike conventional academic contests, the J. B. Danquah Inter-Senior High School Quiz has been deliberately structured to combine curriculum-based knowledge with historical consciousness and analytical depth, drawing inspiration directly from the intellectual legacy of Dr. Danquah himself.
The competition will be conducted across five carefully designed rounds:
•Round One will test contestants on core Senior High School subjects, including Ghanaian History, Government, Literature, and Current Affairs, strictly aligned with the approved secondary school curriculum.
•Round Two, sponsored by the Danquah Institute, will focus exclusively on the biography and intellectual life of Dr. J. B. Danquah, examining his scholarship, political thought, legal career, and national contributions. A prescribed biographical resource has been provided to all schools in advance to ensure depth and fairness.
•Round Three, titled Problem of the Day, will challenge teams to collaboratively analyse and respond in writing to a complex question inspired by Dr. Danquah’s philosophy, nationalism, or contemporary civic dilemmas, testing clarity of thought, originality, and logical coherence.
•Round Four, True or False, will draw statements from the 60th Anniversary J. B. Danquah Commemorative Compendium, demanding precision, historical accuracy, and attention to detail.
•Round Five, a creative Riddle Round, will probe intuition and intellectual agility through riddles rooted in constitutional development and defining moments in Dr. Danquah’s life.
More Than a Competition
Beyond trophies and prizes, organisers stress that the quiz is intended as a platform for intellectual formation, civic awareness, and historical engagement among young Ghanaians.
Speaking ahead of the event, Okatakyie Boakye Danquah Ababio, Twafohene of Akyem Abuakwa, underscored the broader purpose of the initiative:
“This quiz is not merely about winning. It is about cultivating disciplined thinking, historical consciousness, and constitutional literacy among our young people, in the true spirit of Dr. J. B. Danquah’s lifelong commitment to ideas and nationhood.”
With regional pride at stake and academic reputations on the line, the stage is now set for what promises to be a memorable and intellectually charged encounter — one that places Ghana’s future leaders at the centre of national reflection.