NSMQ 2022: Mother Of PRESEC Star Alfred Ken-Nsiah Speaks, Says His Son's Grandma Influenced His Win

• PRESEC's 2022 NSMQ star Alfred Ken-Nsiah has always dreamt of winning the competition after watching it for the first as a child
• According to Alfred's mother, Linda Lartieku-Nsiah, herson watched his firt NSMQ contest with his grandmother while in basic school
• Since his grandmother was a Presbyterian and supported PRESEC, the boy developed an intrest in the school and also resolved to study to compete in the NSMQ later in life

Alfred Ken-Nsiah, one of the contestants for PRESEC at the 2022 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ 2022), fulfilled a lifelong ambition when his school won the competition

This was revealed by Ken-Nsiah's mother Linda Lartieku-Nsiah who described the win as a dream come true for her son.

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PRESEC won the NSMQ 2022 at the grand finale held at the Great Hall at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology (KNUST) saw PRESEC pitched against PREMPEH and ADISCO.

In the keenly contested final, PRESEC came back from behind to defeat PREMPEH who had a slim lead throughout until the fourth round. The win avenged their defeat to PREMPEH in the 2021 final.

Alfred Ken-Nsiah's mother describes PRESEC's win

Speaking to Joy News after the contest, Ken-Nsiah's mother who was at the final to support her son recounted how the boy had always dreamt of participating in the comeptition and winning.

In an interview with JoyNews, Mrs Lartieku-Nsiah revealed that her son started watching the NSMQ when he was in basic school. He always wathed with his grandmother who is Presbyterian and thus supported PRESEC.

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It was these moments with his grandmother that shaped Ken-Nsiah's ambitions of attending PRESEC and also aiming to compete in the NSMQ.

True o his dreams, Ken-Nsiah got admitted into PRESEC and passd all the tests to become a member of the NSMQ team.

The excited mother who is a pharmacist continued that she had always supported her son's dream of winning the NSMQ.

“He entered PRESEC and called back home that there is going to be a series of tests. He called back that by the Grace of God he has been chosen and so we started praying for him, supporting him in every single way that we could and to the Glory of God…it’s really a dream come true for my boy and I cannot imagine his joy,” she said.

Wach the mother's interview below:

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Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that for the first time since 1993, when the National Science and Maths Quiz began, no all-girls' school has been able to make it to the quarter final stage of the competition.

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This comes in 2022, at a time when the expectation was high for the performance of the all-girls' schools to improve much more than ever.

Just the year before, in 2021, Francisca Lamini made it to the final stage of the NSMQ, becoming the only girl in nearly a decade to reach that stage of the competition.

Source: YEN.com.gh