Contestants look forward to winning so they can beat their chests and recount how they beat so and so school to win the trophy.

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Current and old students of Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (Presec) will seize every opportunity to let you know they are the Lionel Messi of the National Science & Maths Quiz whiles Prempeh College brags to be the Cristiano Ronaldo of the game.

Presec having won the quiz five times (1995, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009), they indeed deserve to flaunt it.

However, it was Prempeh College which first won the title in 1994 and subsequently went on to win the third edition in 1996.

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The excitement in the 2017 National Science and Maths Quiz is growing at a blistering pace as it gradually enters the semi finals stage.

Below is the list of schools who have so far qualified and by virtue of making it to the semi finals.

1. Prempeh College

2. Adisadel College

3. Ghana National College

4. University Practice SHS

5. Mawuli SHS

6.Mfantsipim SHS

7. Kumai High school

8. St. Thomas Aquinas SHS

9. Presbyterian Boys' SHS

Here are champions over the years