The quest to clinch the national championship and make a name is forcing some senior high schools in the Northeast region to introduce science as a programme of study.

After presenting Agric students in previous years for the championship, a teacher at Bunkpurungu SHS forced management of the school to introduce a full Science programme in preparation for the quiz.

The General Science programme is an addition to other courses such as Home Economics, General Arts, Technical and Agriculture.

The outcome of the initiative has yielded positive results as four of the 17 students of the first batch of Science students from the school have secured a slot at the 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz.

In a revenge battle to represent the Northeast region, the 4-man squad of Bunkpurugu SHS defeated Nalerigu SHS with a one-point margin.

The boys who sat distinctly in their blue shirts on brown khaki shorts amongst the nearly one hundred audience at the GNAT Hall in Tamale surmounted their rivals in a nip and tuck contest.

The first two rounds of the contest saw the two schools trail Walewale SHTS with near hope of losing out.

But the two managed to overthrow the contestants from the West Mamprusi district, ending the third round in a tie of 17 points each.

Bunkpurugu SHS with a verve for revenge swiftly picked one of the riddles in the final round to secure four points, putting them in the lead.

Nalerigu SHS in an attempt to overturn the contest, rushed to pick 3 points but that was insufficient to out-compete their contender.

The boys, who had travelled with their sole trainer- Muktar Abubakar - all the way from a border town in the Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri district were overwhelmed with joy for their victory.

Muktar Abubakar, who believed in his students from past experiences at the national championship compelled the Headteacher of the school to introduce Science as a programme of study in the district.

Currently, the school boasts of nearly 50 science students after 3-years of enrollment.

They however lack teaching aids including a designated physics teacher.

They hope their win would encourage many others in their community to pursue science and attract infrastructural support from the government and other benevolent institutions.