Myjoyonline.com's Edwin Appiah brings you a live update from the science competition which throws up serious, severe social bragging rights for a population generally not in tune with science and maths.

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GSTS supporters walk out of the auditorium. Prempeh College fans walk out with a semi-final spot. This has been a no contest.

The Western region is out of the competition as their only surviving school GSTS is out.

GSTS your opponents were too much - quiz mistress laments.

'What a masterful performance. Work on your discipline on the bells and I will be seeing you in the semi-finals' - Quiz mistress tells Prempeh College.

'Aduman it was a struggle but in the midst of it,I saw you having fun' - Quiz mistress

End of Round Five

Aduman SHS: 31pts

GSTS: 39pts

Prempeh College: 82pts

12:12pm: It is the Round of Riddles but it won't matter for the results. Prempeh College have been ruthless in quelling an early GSTS 'rioting' chant from their supporters before the start of the contest.

With a 40-point ruthless record runaway lead, people are asking the Quiz mistress to stop the competition with only one round left.

A Prempeh College partnership of Daniel and Wonder left GSTS wondering what went wrong  after a spirited First Round performance.

GSTS challenge vanished after the first round. And Prempeh College never looked back after opening a 21-point lead in the Second Round.

Aduman SHS: 31

GSTS: 36

Prempeh College: 76pts

11:54am Round Three: An outstanding performance from Aduman SHS in this round. They shock the audience with a perfect score leaving Prempeh College with 9pts and GSTS with 8.

'Aduman did not have a problem with the Problem of the Day' -Quiz mistress.

Scores so far: Prempeh College: 60

GSTS: 32

Aduman: 21

11:39am: The Third Round is where so-called big schools often establish their dominance as demonstrated by Adisco last Thursday. This stage has the Problem of the Day and it requires the contestants to work out a question and then write it out on a board.

10pts are at stake. GSTS needs it more than any of the schools here after enduring a damaging Second Round where Prempeh College opened a 27-point lead. 

11:30am ; It has been a stroll in the park for three-time champs Prempeh College. But its a sweat in the factory for GSTS after a confidence of Round One fizzles out in this Round two 'Speed Race where speed is important as the correct answer.

End of Round Two

Aduman SHS: 11pts

GSTS:24pts

Prempeh College:51 pts

Prempeh College is bring the roof here down in what appears to be an increasing lead over GSTS after first round tie.

After a struggling start, Prempeh College is easing into the second round with confidence. GSTS making mistakes largely due to an over-eagerness to answer in this round known as the Speed Race.

End of First Round

GSTS: 28pts

Aduman SHS: 9pts

Prempeh College: 28pts

11:07am: GSTS answering more confidently than the two schools. It looks like they are on course for an early first round lead.

10:58am: Prempeh repeat interference blunder and get punished again. one point subtracted after answering the bonus question right

10:56AM: A point has been subtracted from Prempeh College after they pressed the bell while Aduman SHS was trying an answer. The punishment is for interference. Quiz mistress Kaufmann had warned them earlier and now she has cracked the whip.

10:35am: Off we go with the first question to GSTS who nick it for 3 maximum points. Prempeh College not to be outdone, get their first question too right. Aduman get 1 out of 3 for their question.

GSTS: 'Once again with the help of God we hope for the best"

Aduman SHS: 'Today we are here to make history'

Prempeh College: 'The uncommon favour of God shall lead us to victory'

The quix mistress asked two Prempeh College contestants 'how are you' and they respond in surprising unison 'we are blessed and highly favoured'

Of course the R.S Amegashie auditorium of the University of Ghana Business School is packed. But you can sit on the tiled floors if passion is more important than comfort.

Some morale-boosting chants from GSTS and Prempeh College is threatening to drown Aduman SHS in this festival of support and bragging rights. But with roaring shouts from Aduman old students, they certainly won't be out-sang.

GSTS should be inspired by the OWASS-slaying feat of Keta SHS to repeat same to Opoku Ware SHS' arch-rival Prempeh College.

Two schools, Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) and Aduman SHS are standing in the way of a three consecutive semi-final berth of the 2015 champions of the National Science and Maths Quiz Prempeh College.

Photo credit: Primetime Ltd: 2015 champions, Prempeh College

The 2015 champions should find inspiration from the 2016 champions, Adisadel who scaled a New Juaben- Takoradi SHS hurdle last Thursday to secure their place in the 2017 semis.

Prempeh College won in the first-ever edition of the competition in 1994, again in 1996 and 2015. But their success has been over-ridden by Presec Boys who are now five-time champions.

1996 Prempeh College contestants and champions

GSTS are 2012 champions and are the only school from the Western region left in the competition.

This is a debut appearance for Aduman SHS and they are already at the quater-finals.

But they will secure serious Ashanti regional bragging rights over at least Prempeh College should they place better than them or even serious national bragging rights if they beat the two schools.

Aduman boys have already made history for their school but nothing stops them from making a fairy-tale finish not even the intimidating chants from the two big names.