SESAME WASH-UP QUIZ COMPETITION

On Thursday, October 14, 2021, World Vision International in collaboration with Phanuel Global Health Foundation, Asutifi North District Assembly, Ghana Education Service, and IRC Ghana organized a WASH Quiz Competition amongst five selected schools in the district.

The schools were T.I Ahmadiya school, District Assembly (DA) Girls School, Ntotroso District Assembly school and Kenyasi 1 and Kenyasi 2 Methodist schools. The quiz had five rounds of questioning centered on WASH in schools. The fifth and final round of the competition required a contestant from each school to demonstrate the steps in proper handwashing with soap under running water at the same time narrating the steps to the quiz audience and judges.

At the end of the fifth round of the quiz, District Assembly (DA) Girls School emerge the winners of the competition. All schools were awarded prices consisting of stationery materials, while the winning school took home the winner’s trophy.

The District Director of Education congratulated all the participating schools for their marvelous performance and admonished the students and teachers to continue to observe and take seriously their personal hygiene. She also used the opportunity to officially announce the launch of a WASH League Table for schools in the district where GES in collaboration with the ANAM WASH partners and the District Assembly will be visiting schools regularly to evaluate the state of WASH in each school and award marks accordingly. She added that this was meant to encourage schools to take issues of water, sanitation and hygiene seriously since best-performing schools will be rewarded