While Damongo Senior High School (Dass) has maintained its position as the leading school in the Savannah Region according to the 2025 EN Analytics Top 100 Senior High School Rankings for the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), the achievement comes with a sobering reality: no school from the region managed to break into the national top 100.
Nationally, Presec-Legon retained its number one position for the third consecutive year with 715 points, followed by Prempeh College (645 points), Mfantsipim School (615 points), Adisadel College (597 points), and Opoku Ware School (530 points) completing the top five.
However, the picture is starkly different in the Savannah Region, where Damongo SHS leads the regional rankings despite being classified as “unranked” at the national level. T.I. AMASS Salaga follows as the second-ranked school in the region, also failing to make the national top 100.
This development raises concerns about the state of science and mathematics education in the Savannah Region. While Damongo SHS’s regional dominance demonstrates relative strength within the area, the inability of any school from the region to compete at the national level highlights a significant gap in educational infrastructure, resources, and academic performance.
The Savannah Region, one of Ghana’s newer administrative regions, has only two schools featured in the EN Analytics rankings – the lowest representation among all sixteen regions. By contrast, the Ashanti Region leads with 22 schools in the national top 100, followed by the Eastern Region with 19 schools.
The rankings, based on comprehensive data from 260 senior high schools nationwide, evaluate institutions using four key parameters: final stage reached at the national level, placement in final contests, Ghana Education Service category assignment, and historical performance between 2013 and 2024.
The worrying trend calls for urgent attention from educational stakeholders, policymakers, and the Ghana Education Service to invest in science infrastructure, teacher training, and academic support systems in the Savannah Region to bridge the growing educational divide.
The 2025 rankings will remain authoritative until the conclusion of the next NSMQ competition in 2026.
